On the evening of November 18, the Belarusian national football team played their last match of the current Nations League season.
Played with the Bulgarians. The meeting, which took place in the city of Sofia, ended in a draw – 1:1.
It is worth noting that the Belarusians started this match rather uncertainly, making unforced errors from the first minutes, one of which almost ended in an own goal.
Goals
But the opponent still scored. He did so thanks to a precise strike in the 13th minute by Vasil Panayotov.
Only after this did the Belarusians perk up and begin to create dangerous moments at the opposing goal.
In the second half, the Belarusian team managed to get even – in the 70th minute, substitute Yuri Kovalev scored a goal.
After this, the visitors started playing even more aggressively, creating one dangerous moment after another in the home team’s goalkeeper’s area, but they were unable to convert any of them.
Thus, the final score of the meeting is 1:1. By the way, the first match between the opponents also ended in a draw (0:0).
Situation in the group
In this group, the Northern Ireland team won first place and the right to play in the tournament playoffs.
In the fifth round, they beat the Belarusians at home (2:0), and in the last round, they drew away with Luxembourg (2:2).
The second-placed Bulgarians will fight for a play-off place in the play-off matches scheduled for March 20-23 next year.
The tournament table after all the games played looks like this: 1st place – Northern Ireland (11 points), 2nd – Bulgaria (9), 3rd – Belarus (7), 4th – Luxembourg (3).
For reference
The UEFA Nations League is an international football tournament among European national teams, held under the supervision of UEFA.
