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Levski Sofia and Hapoel Be'er Sheva draw 0:0 in the Europa League first qualifying round

Photo: BTA

 Levski Sofia and Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Israel) drew 0:0 in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. The host team dominated during the first half at the fully packed Georgi Asparuhov Stadium. In the second half, Hapoel Be'er Sheva managed to balance the game. In the 70th minute, Maicon (Levski) received a second yellow card and was sent off. In the 4th minute of the 8-minute stoppage time, Eliel Peretz from the visiting team also received a red card.

The second leg will take place next week in the Hungarian city of Nyíregyháza. The winner will face Braga (Portugal) in the second qualifying round. The other team will move to the UEFA Conference League to face AEK (Greece).

Edited by Ivo Ivanov

Published and translated by Kostadin Atanasov

Photo: BTA



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