Champions League: Dinamo Zagreb beats Ludogorets 2-1
RAZGRAD. Dinamo Zagreb beat Ludogorets to win 2-1.
RAZGRAD. Dinamo Zagreb conquered Ludogorets to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Dinamo Zagreb to strike first with an early goal of D. Peric at the 6′. Then S. Padt scored again for Dinamo Zagreb in the 9′ minute with an own goal. Eventually, B. Tekpetey reduced the distance for Ludogorets with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Ludogorets was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).
The match was played at the Huvepharma Arena (Razgrad) stadium in Razgrad on Tuesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Cüneyt Çakιr who had the assistance of Kerem Ersoy and Alpaslan Dedeş. The 4th official was Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 22.5 degrees Celsius or 72.5 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 52%.
Match Statistics
Ludogorets was in firm control of the ball 61% while Dinamo Zagreb was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Ludogorets was more aggressive with 43 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, Dinamo Zagreb found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Ludogorets shot 18 times, 6 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Dinamo Zagreb shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Ludogorets received 3 yellow cards (B. Tekpetey, O. Verdon and K. Despodov). On the opposite side, Dinamo Zagreb received 1 yellow card (J. Misic).
After this match, Ludogorets stays with points to occupy the 0th place in the table. while Dinamo Zagreb has points (0th).
Match Events
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6'6'
D. Peric
R. Lauritsen
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9'9'
S. Padt (OG)
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22'22'
B. Tekpetey
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43'43'
J. Misic
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46'46'
S. Sluga
S. Padt
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46'46'
D. Yankov
Cauly
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46'46'
D. Spikic
L. Ivanusec
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60'60'
B. Petkovic
J. Drmic
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61'61'
B. Tekpetey
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65'65'
O. Verdon
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71'71'
L. Menalo
M. Orsic
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73'73'
K. Despodov
B. Tekpetey
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74'74'
K. Despodov
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81'81'
S. Delev
R. Jhonatan
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81'81'
Igor Thiago
P. Sotiriou
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86'86'
B. Sutalo
M. Baturina
Next match
In the upcoming Champions League match, Ludogorets will play away against Dinamo Zagreb on the 9th of August with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Ludogorets (1 draw).
Dinamo Zagreb will host Ludogorets on the 9th of August with a 2-2 head to head statistic.
Ludogorets and Dinamo Zagreb will play the return match on the at the Stadion Maksimir
Ludogorets: Formation and Lineups
Ludogorets started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Ante Šimundža chose to play with the following team: Sergio Padt, Cicinho, Igor Plastun, Olivier Verdon, Anton Nedyalkov, Ivan Yordanov, Jakub Piotrowski, Cauly Oliveira, Bernard Tekpetey, Pieros Sotiriou and Rick.
Substitutes
Ludogorets made 5 changes: S. Padt for S. Sluga (46′), Cauly for D. Yankov (46′), B. Tekpetey for K. Despodov (73′), R. Jhonatan for S. Delev (81′) and P. Sotiriou for Igor Thiago (81′).
Dinamo Zagreb: Formation and Lineups
Dinamo Zagreb started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the other side, Ante Čačić played with: Dominik Livaković, Stefan Ristovski, Rasmus Lauritsen, Dino Perić, Robert Ljubičić, Josip Mišić, Arijan Ademi, Luka Ivanušec, Martin Baturina, Mislav Oršić and Josip Drmić.
Substitutes
Dinamo Zagreb made 4 changes: L. Ivanusec for D. Spikic (46′), J. Drmic for B. Petkovic (60′), M. Orsic for L. Menalo (71′) and M. Baturina for B. Sutalo (86′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League
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