CSKA Sofia – CFR Cluj will take place on Thursday at 17:55, the duel counting for the first round of Group A of the Europa League.
CSKA Sofia reached the Europa League groups after playing only at home in the first three preliminary rounds: 2-1 with FC Sirens (Malta), 2-0 with BATE Borisov (Belarus), 3-1 with B36 Torshavn (Faroe Islands) . The Bulgarians detonated the bomb in the “play-off”, when they beat FC Basel 3-1 away!
CSKA Sofia has only one failure in the last 13 official matches;
CFR Cluj has 16 official games without failure in regular time;
The Romanian champion began her European adventure in the Champions League. In the first rounds of the competition, CFR defeated Floriana in Malta, score 2-0, after which they lost at the 11 meters shots at home with Dinamo Zagreb, the score at the end of the 90 minutes of play being 2-2. Following this failure, the Transylvanians reached the Europa League, where they passed two Nordic teams: 1-0 in Sweden, at Djurgarden, respectively 3-1, at home, with the Finns from KuPS.
It is more than certain that Dan Petrescu will approach this duel extremely cautiously in an attempt to take the “pulse” and the opponents in the direct fight for the second place in a group in which AS Roma leaves with the first chance in the first place, and Young Boys it is close to the level of the two teams that will duel in Sofia.
CSKA Sofia: Busato – Galabov, Antov, Mattheij, Mazikou- Geferson, Youga, Sankhare- Yomov, Sowe, Keita;
CFR Cluj: Bălgrădean- Susic, Vinicius, Burcă, Camora- Deac, Hoban, Djokovic- Păun, Debeljuh, Rondon;
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,96
