Today the first matches of the playoffs of the Europa League qualifying round are taking place. In one of them, Dnipro-1 hosted the Cypriot AEK from Larnaca in a nominally home match. The fight took place in the Slovak Kosice.
Europa League. Play-off qualifying round. The first match
DNEPR-1 (Dnieper, Ukraine) — AEK (Larnaca, Cyprus) — 1:2 (0:2)
Goals: Svatok (90) — Altman (16), Svatok (29, own goal)
Dnepr-1: Valef, Adamyuk, Purita (Nazarenko, 61), Sarapiy, Busanello, Pikhalyonok, Blanco, Kohut (Gromov, 46), Tanchik, Svatok, Dovbik.
The second leg between the rivals will be held next Thursday, August 25, in Larnaca. The winner on the sum of two meetings will receive a ticket to the group stage of the Europa League, and the loser will continue to fight in the group stage of the Conference League.