"Sabah" Eliminated from Europa League in Extra Time, Will Compete in Conference League

Today, "Sabah" played the return match in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Idman.biz reports that the winner of the Azerbaijan Cup faced "Celje" in Slovenia.

Having lost the first match with a score of 2:3, the Baku representative had to win to advance to the next stage. "Sabah", who opened the score, although found themselves in a losing position, managed to change the result in their favor thanks to the successful game of Joy-Lance Mickels. The football player, who scored two goals in two minutes, put "Sabah" ahead. Since the score of 3:2 was recorded at the end of 90 minutes, extra time was assigned. At this time, "Celje", who played better, scored the decisive goal and advanced to the next stage.

"Sabah" will continue the fight in the Conference League.

UEFA Europa League
First qualifying round, return match
July 17
22:00. "Celje" (Slovenia) - "Sabah" (Azerbaijan) - 2:3, a.e.t. 1:0
Goals: Franco Kovačević, 18 (p.). Damjan Vuklišević, 49. Nikita Iosifov, 108 - Joy-Lance Mickels, 9; 63; 64
Main referee: Dragomir Draganov (Bulgaria)

"Celje": 21. Sluga, 2. Juanjo Nieto, 3. Vuklišević, 6. Tutiskunas, 23. Karničnik (k), 8. Kvesić, 19. Zabukovnik, 11. Avdili, 10. Sturm, 20. Iosifov, 9. Kovačević
Head coach: Albert Riera
"Sabah": 92. Stas Pokatilov, 5. Rahman Dashdemirov, 3. Steve Solvet, 40. Igor Nogueira, 80. Akim Zedadka, 88. Khayal Aliyev, 6. Abdullah Khaybulaev, 13. Ivan Lepinitsa, 10. Anatoli Nuriyev, 18. Pavol Safranko, 20. Joy-Lance Mickels
Head coach: Valdas Dambrauskas
Celje. "Zdejele" stadium
First match - 3:2

It should be noted that the winner of the pair will face the winner of the AEK (Larnaca, Cyprus) - "Partizan" (Serbia) duel in the second qualifying round of the Europa League. The losing team will face the winner of the "Petrocub" (Moldova) - "Birkirkara" (Malta) pair in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League.

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