Balzan bow out of UEFA Europa Conference League after goalless draw with Neman Grodno

Balzan were eliminated from the UEFA Europa Conference League following a goalless draw with Neman Grodno in the second leg of the second qualifying round at the Centenary Stadium on Tuesday.

Neman Grodno, therefore, move to the third qualifying round with a 2-0 aggregate score following a 2-0 win in the first leg which was played in Gyor, Hungary. They will now meet NK Celje of Slovenia or Vitoria SC of Portugal.

BALZAN Danilo Golovic, Ivan Bozovic, Andre Fausto, Samir Arab (82′ Nikola Zerjal), Paul Fenech (75′ Marcus Grima), Angel Torres, Peter Olawale, Ryohei Michibuchi (63′ Triston Caruana), Jake Grech (82′ Evandro Gomes), Momcilo Rašo, Aleksa Andrejic (75′ Manyluak Aguek).

NEMAN Konstantin Rudzenok, Andrei Vasilyev, Yegor Parkhomenko, Yurii Pantia, Oleg Evdokimov (67′ Roman Paparyha)(79′ Anton Suchkou), Yegor Zubovich (79′ Maksim Krautsou), Ivan Sadaunichy, Almardon Şukurov, Andrei Yakimov (84′ Yuri Paviyukovets), Sergei Karpovich, Mikhail Kozlov (84′ Aleksei Legchilin).

Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos GRE
Assistant referees: Vasileios Nikolakakis, Konstantinos Nikolaidis GRE
Fourth official: Evangelos Manouchos GRE