Today, within the scope of the Europa League 1/8 final, German “Bayer” hosted Hungarian “Ferencvaros” at home. The match ended with the hosts winning 2-0.
The first goal came in the 10th minute of the match: Kerem Demirbay responded to Florian Wirtz’s pass. With four minutes to go, Edmond Tapsoba made the score 2:0.
It is worth mentioning that Zenit’s former striker Serdar Azmun appeared on the field from the very first minutes and changed places in the 60th minute of the match. Bayer’s Russian goalkeeper Andrey Lunev was not included in the team’s application. It was previously reported that the Russian player was withdrawn from the team for the Europa League matches due to injury. His contract with the German club expires in the summer.
The return match between these teams will be played on 16 March in Budapest.
Recall that the International Football Federation (FIFA) and the Association of European Football Associations (UEFA) decided to exclude the Russian national team and all Russian clubs from participation in all competitions controlled by these organizations.
Except for Zenit, Russian clubs did not play a single match in European cups in 2022. Petersburgers stumbled on the 1/16 stage of the Europa League, losing 2: 3 to the Spanish “Betis” in the total of two matches. Spartak had to play in the playoffs with RB Leipzig thanks to the group stage win.
Former Romanian referee Ovidiu Hatsegan He told how he was accused of supporting racism and bribery from Russia.