On Thursday, July 18, the return matches of the first round of Europa League qualification took place. Yuriy Gura's Sheriff played their match. The team of the Ukrainian coach defeated Azerbaijani Zira on the sum of two fights.
Europa League, the first qualifying round. Return match
"Zira" - "Sheriff" - 1:2 (4:5 on penalties)
Goals: Utzyg (5) - Allach (54), Yade (77).
In the first game "Sheriff" lost at home to "Zira" - 0:1, and in the return match Gura's team managed to get a willful victory in regular time - 2:1. As a result, the total score of the confrontation became equal - 2:2. In the penalty shootout the wards of the Ukrainian coach were luckier - 5:4.
Thus, Sheriff reached the second qualifying round of the Europa League, where they will play against Swedish Elfsborg.