Botev Plovdiv from Bulgaria would be the opponent of Panathinaikos within the 2nd qualifying spherical of the Europa League.
Dusan Kerkez's workforce drew with a rating of 2-2 on the house of Baribor and with the 2-1 victory of the primary match it was the one which, towards the chances, bought the “ticket” for the following part of the competitors, the place they’ll face the Cup winners of Greece.
Panathinaikos would be the house workforce (OAKA) within the first match on July 25, whereas the second between them is scheduled for August 1 on the “Hristo Botev” stadium in Plovdiv.
The Slovenians entered the sport strongly and located the aim they have been on the lookout for very early on to equalize the rating of their defeat on Bulgarian soil (2-1). It wasn't till the thirteenth minute that Yann Repas opened the scoring with a powerful shot from outdoors the realm.
Botev, which had Constantinos Balogiannis again in its unique formation, confirmed no indicators of response till the tip of the half, however neither did the hosts, who stubbornly chased the second aim. nevertheless, they may have scored within the forty first minute with Barisic's header, which was saved by Igonen.
The entry of Nwachukou within the forty sixth minute as a substitute of Iliev was supposed to alter the info of the match. Initially, the Nigerian, two minutes after coming into the sphere, scored the equalizing aim (48') from an help by Popov and within the 60' from his personal help, Utza gave the Bulgarians a qualifying rating.
The Slovenians didn't hand over and with Etienne Begre within the eightieth minute they tied the match (2-2), however this rating didn't change till the ultimate and the Bulgarians celebrated.
Botev's line-up (Dusan Kerkez): Igonen, Minkov, Tam, Conte, Balogiannis, Eto'o, Perera, Akere (70' Ukaki), Popov (83' Diabate), Iliev (46' Nwachukwu), Uja (87' Sekulic)
