Players of Vojvodina FC were eliminated in the second qualifying round of the Conference League, after tonight’s defeat by APOEL with a score 1:2.
The only scorer for Vojvodina was Dejan Zukić, in the 37th minute.
The teams played in the following lineups:
Vojvodina: Carević, Jeličić (from 86th Vukčević), Crnomarković, Traore, Lazarević (from 86th Bjeković), Milosavljević, Zukić, Baraj (from 76th Ivanović), Nikolić (from 76th Radulović), Čumić, Vukić (from 62nd Malbašić).
APOEL: Belec, Čabake, Krespo, Dvali, Sušić, Gomeš, Kostadinov, Sarfo (from 68th Petrović), Vilson Eduardo (from 60th Efran), Fetfazidis (from 68th Gavriel), Kvilitaja (from 85th Tomane).
At the start of the match APOEL dictated the tempo of the game, while Vojvodina used hard pressing to steal the ball and threaten the net of Belec. APOEL had a higher ball possession and the first chance in the 16th minute, when Vilson Eduardo kicked the ball over the goal post from about 20 meters.
In the 27th minute, APOEL took the lead, after a long action on the left side and a returning ball, Sarfo kicked the ball in the right corner of powerless Carević for 0:1.
Only two minutes later, Voša had their best chance since the game started, Čumić unexpectedly found himself before the net, passed the guard, and shot into the farther corner, but with his leg, Belec managed to block the goal.
What Voša failed to do in the 29th minute, they did in the 37th, when Čumić was once again in the center of attention, he received the ball on his left side, passed it to Zukić who shot from the left side in the farther corner for 1:1!
On the wings of this goal, Voša started playing an even better game, and could have changed the result before halftime. From 30 meters, Crnomarković kicked the ball hard, and show the very right corner, but Belec blocked the ball with his fingertips. Zukić had an even better chance in the last minute of the first half, when he kicked the return ball from Milosavljević into the lower right corner, and once again, Belec was excellent and he was the one who saved the result before the halftime.
APOEL opened the second half better, they played on Vojvodina’s side, and Fetfazidis and Sarfo tried shooting from a distance, but with no danger to the net of Carević.
In the 73rd minute, APOEL had a huge chance, Kvilitaja went on Carević by himself, he was overtaken by the defence of Vojvodina, but in a sliding start, Traore touched the ball with his hand, and the referee showed the white dot. Efrem took the responsibility and shot the right corner of the net for 1:2.
Radoslav Batak decided to go on all or nothing, Ivanović and Radulović immediately substituted Nikolić and Baraj, previously Vukić was replaced by Malbašić, but Voša found it hard to create any chances or enter the danger zone.
Once again, Zukić brought out sighs at Karađorđe in the 81st minute, when he shot from 20 meters, but Belec once again defended his net.
Until the finish, there were no notable chances or result changes, so APOEL qualified for the next round of the competition with a total score of 4:2.
