It's good to watch Slovan Bratislava's performance in the qualifying rounds Champions League. The Slovak champions started their road to European cups in the first qualifying round, where they won the first match defeated Macedonian Struga 4:2 at home. He therefore entered the rematch with a two-goal advantage.
From the beginning of the match, Slovan Bratislava players tried to put pressure on their opponents, pushing the Macedonian team into their own half and taking away their chances. peak. This worked, because in the ninth minute David Strelec passed the ball to Vladimir Weiss. He fired a shot from the edge of the penalty area into the bottom corner of the goal and confidently beat the rival goalkeeper.
A bizarre own goal in the Champions League qualifiers
A moment later, the lead was increased to 2:0. competitor Strugi Kire Ristevski, who with an effective blunder lobbed… his own goalkeeper. The 33-year-old defender wanted to kick the ball out of the end line, but did so clumsily that it went into his team's goal.
In the second half, Struga created several excellent scoring opportunities. In the 85th minute, one of them was used by the representative of Burkina Faso, Bassirou Compaore, who set the score at 1:2 for Slovan. The Slovak champions won the two-legged match 6:3.
Slovan Bratislava secures promotion
In the second round of the Champions League qualifiers, Slovan will play against NK Celje, who defeated Flora Tallinn 7:1 in two matches. This match will take place on July 23 at 7:00 p.m.
Last season Celje won the Slovenian championship, finishing 12 points ahead of second-place Maribor in the final standings. Olimpija finished third.