Vardar vs F.C. København, 2017-18 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying Third Round

· 1st Leg

Vardar

65': Jonathan Balotelli

FT
1 - 0
1st Leg

F.C. København

About

Vardar are hosting F.C. København at Tose Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Champions League.

Match Timeline

21': Youssef Toutouh (FC København) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
37': Erik Johansson (FC København) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
60': Substitution, Vardar. Damir Kojasevic replaces Dejan Blazevski.
65': Goal! Vardar 1, FC København 0. Jonathan Balotelli (Vardar) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
66': Substitution, FC København. Nicolaj Thomsen replaces Youssef Toutouh.
71': Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Vardar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
73': Substitution, FC København. Pieros Sotiriou replaces Andrija Pavlovic.
76': Substitution, Vardar. Vladica Brdarovski replaces Tigran Barseghyan.
88': Substitution, Vardar. Gligorov replaces Boban Nikolov.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Tose Proeski Arena
Location: Skopje, North Macedonia
Attendance: 12,000

Line-Ups

Vardar (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
90	Filip Gacevski (GK)
21	Evgen Novak
6	Boban Grncarov
23	Besir Demiri
19	Hovhannes Hambardzumyan
70	Juan Felipe
20	Boban Nikolov
8	Stefan Spirovski
89	Jonathan Balotelli
9	Dejan Blazevski
11	Tigran Barseghyan

Vardar Substitutes:

Damir Kojasevic, Igor Aleksovski, Vladica Brdarovski, Besar Iseni, Darko Glisic, Nikola Gligorov, Visar Musliu.

F.C. København (4-4-2)

No.	Name
25	Robin Olsen (GK)
5	Erik Johansson
27	Michael Luftner
3	Pierre Bengtsson
20	Nicolai Boilesen
6	William Kvist
16	Jan Gregus
24	Youssef Toutouh
7	Benjamin Verbic
9	Federico Santander
11	Andrija Pavlovic

F.C. København Substitutes:

Mads Roerslev, Kasper Kusk, Uros Matic, Pieros Soteriou, Stephan Andersen, Mikael Antonsson, Nikolaj Thomsen.

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