The Dnipro club failed to get a positive result.
As part of the sixth round of the Conference League group stage, Dnipro-1 met AZ on the road.
At the beginning of the meeting, the home team was more determined and quick in attack, which led to a quick goal – Karlsson filed, and Odgård sent the ball into Valef’s goal with his head.
Dnipro-1 did not press the goal and created its own chances: Pikhalyonok shot first, but Verkhlyust was able to respond, and later Busannelo charged directly to Dovbik, who failed to head the AZ goalkeeper.
The middle of the second half was under AZ’s control, creating some dangerous moments, but Valef’s reaction helped to avoid a second missed goal. Before the break, Dnepr-1 made one of the few attacks that ended in a goal. Dovbik did a good job with his body at first, and then closed the cross from Amash.
The second half began with the fact that Swatok brought the moment to his goal, throwing to Valef. The Brazilian managed to throw the ball into a tackle, but right at the feet of Pavlidis, but he failed to hit the empty net. Lucky Dnepr-1.
In the middle of the second half, the teams did not particularly create scoring opportunities, but the advantage was for AZ. Karlsson went into a shock position, but he couldn’t beat Valef, Pavlidis had another chance, but he wasn’t allowed to get through with a free kick.
The end of the meeting was bright, but sad for Dnepr-1. Pavlidis took advantage of Sugawara’s serve and scored, heading into the far corner of the goal. The Dnipro team could have avoided defeat in stoppage time: Bazur, who entered the field in the last seconds, after a serve from Dnipro-1, hit his own goal, but Verkhlyust reacted by placing the ball on the crossbar.
Despite the loss, Dnipro-1 reached the Conference League playoffs from second place. AZ is the first in the group stage.
Statistics of the match AZ – Dnipro-1 of the sixth round of the Conference League
AZ – Dnipro-1 2:1
the objectives: Odgord, 8, Pavlidis, 87 – Dovbik, 40
Ball possession: 49% – 51%
Shots on goal: 12 – 7
shots on target: 5 – 4
Offsides: 4 – 3
Corners: 4 – 1
AZ: Verhulst – Hatzidiakos, Beikema, Dekker (Pavlidis, 46), Kerkez – Reinders (Kopmeiners, 89), De Wit, Classy (Bazur, 89) – Sugawara, Odgord (Lakhdo, 64), Karlsson (van Brederode, 64).
SC Dnepr-1: Valef – Adamyuk, Svatok, Sarapiy, Busanello – Rubchinsky (Kogut, 86), Babenko – Nazarenko (Kononov, 89), Pikhalenok, Amash – Dovbik.
Warnings: De Wit – Busanello.
Source: korrespondent
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