Botev Plovdiv take on the visitors APOEL in the first leg of quarterfinals of UEFA Conference League qualification. The match will be played on Wednesday, July 20th at
Botev Plodviv have been in sight for long. The Canaries have been national champions a couple of times. they also managed to take the Cup three times, including relatively recently, in 2017. On the international arena, we can note the quarterfinal of the European Champions Cup and the victory in the Balkan Cup, which was well quoted in the region half a century ago. But between successes, there were relatively weak, and even frankly disastrous years. But now the project, which is now controlled by the eccentric Zingarevich, was able to make a sharp progress: in 2021/2022 they moved from 10th place in the Bulgarian championship to 3rd. This allowed them to return to European competition. The last time they were there was 5 years ago, in the summer of 2017.
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APOEL are one of the leaders of Cypriot football. They hold the national record by the number of "gold" medals (29), that by the won cups (21). There were also successes in the international arena. Of course, the 2011/2012 draw in the Champions League stands apart, when they not only passed the group stage, but also knocked out Lyon in the first round of the playoffs. It was not possible to repeat this, but several times the Cypriots made their way to the main round in the main European Cup. But after 2019, the year does not manage to take a new title. And against this background, the "bronze", taken in the spring, was still a good enough result for the project. At least, this was also progress, because before that the ambitious team had finished the championship in 8th place, and, of course, did not play in European competition a year ago. This is a serious motivation, especially since the draw with the first opponent was quite modest.
Botev has a long but not very rich history of performances on the international stage. So it is not surprising that in Plovdiv he will play with APOEL for the first time in his history. APOEL, of course, is a "home" team, like all Cypriots. But still, we recommend betting on a victory over Botev, who is rather weak and inexperienced in terms of European cups, with a handicap of "0".
Prediction for the match: APOEL to win with 0.0 handicap.
