FC Ufa won HC Progress in third round of Europa League qualification

UFA, 10 August 2018. /Bashinform News Agency, Natalia Ovcharuk/ translated by Tatiana Aksyutina/. As predicted by bookmakers and football experts, Ufa turned out to be a favorite in the match of the third qualifying round of the Europa League against Progres. The Luxembourg club from the first minutes started a defensive game and waited for mistakes to be made by the host team. In the first half, the Ufa team had an advantage: statistics of shots on goal: 9 against 3. Only once the guests created a risky moment at the goal of Alexander Belenov: De Almeda shot wide.

The Ufa team took a lead after a well-placed shot by Slay. In the second half, Ivan Oblyakov repeated his success. Then the Luxembourg team made a corner kick, Belenov did not cope with Karapetyan's shot - 2: 1.

The return match will be held on August 16. Prior to this, Sergei Tomarov's team is to play against FC Krasnodar on August 13.