NEC Nijmegen vs Levski Sofia 1-1

NEC Nijmegen and Levski Sofia drew 1-1 in the UEFA Europa League League Stage at Stadion de Goffert, with a VAR call, a first-half lead for the visitors and Tjaronn Chery's equaliser deciding the scoreline.

Levski thought they had gone ahead in the 17th minute when Francisco Everton Mota de Castro finished, but VAR ruled the goal out. NEC then picked up a booking for Noe Lebreton in the 24th minute before Reinaldo Nascimento Satorno, assisted by Svetoslav Vutsov, put Levski in front in the 35th minute. That left NEC 0-1 Levski Sofia at half-time.

NEC levelled in the 64th minute through Tjaronn Chery to make it 1-1 after Levski had made two changes on 62 minutes, sending on Armstrong Oko-Flex for David Kusso and Gasper Trdin for Mehdi Moubarik. Levski made two more changes on 75 minutes, with Mazire Soula replacing Marko Grujić and Juan Esteban Perea Sanchez coming on for Francisco Everton Mota de Castro, while NEC also sent on Ahmetcan Kaplan for Perr Schuurs. Both sides then made two further changes in the closing stages, with NEC bringing on Willum Thor Willumsson and Dennis Geiger on 84 minutes before the home side used another double change in the 90th minute plus 2 and Levski replaced their scorer, Reinaldo Nascimento Satorno, in the 90th minute plus 4. The draw held from there.

NEC had 70% of the possession and 436 passes to Levski's 451, and they had the better of the shooting numbers, with 17 shots to 8, 8 on target to 2, 6 corners to 1 and expected goals of 2.1 to 1.28. Levski's goalkeeper made 7 saves, while NEC's made 1. Both teams committed 14 fouls and each was caught offside once.

Noe Lebreton was the only player booked, shown a yellow card in the 24th minute. There were no red cards.