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( 1-4-2-3-1 )

Vladislav Stoyanov

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Giedrius Arlauskis

Júnior Caiçara

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Cornel Râpă

Georgi Terziev

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Łukasz SzukaĄa

Cosmin Moți

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Fernando Varela

Yordan Minev

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67'

Iasmin Latovlevici

Svetoslav Dyakov (C)

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Andrei Prepeliță

Fábio Espinho

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Nicandro Breeveld

Virgil Misidjan

85'

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Adrian Popa

Marcelinho da Costa

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83'

Lucian Sânmărtean

Mihail Aleksandrov *

78'

05'

Cristian Tănase (C)

Roman Bezjak **

78'

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Claudiu Keșerü

Daniel Abalo *

78'

05'

Nicolae Stanciu

Hamza Younés **

78'

67'

Paul Pîrvulescu

Wanderson Farias

85'

83'

Lucian Filip

90'

1 - 0

Georgi Terziev

40'

60'

Iasmin Latovlevici

Cosmin Moți

57'

64'

Fernando Varela

Svetoslav Dyakov

62'

72'

Nicandro Breeveld

Vladislav Stoyanov

73'

89'

Paul Pîrvulescu

Roman Bezjak

77'

100'

Andrei Prepeliță

Vladislav Stoyanov

119'

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Penalty shoot-out details: 1-0 Moți (goal), 1-1 Keșerü (goal), 1-1 Wanderson (shot saved by Arlauskis), 1-1 Pîrvulescu (shot saved by Moți), 2-1 Hamza (goal), 2-2 SzukaĄa (goal), 3-2 Caiçara (goal), 3-3 Popa (goal), 4-3 Marcelinho (goal), 4-4 Varela (goal), 5-4 Dyakov (goal), 5-5 Prepeliță (goal), 6-5 Espinho (goal), 6-5 Râpă (shot saved by Moți)

Not used: Ivan Èvorović (GK), Anicet Abel, Guilherme Choco, Hristo Zlatinski - Valentin Cojocaru (GK), Gabriel Iancu, Ionuț Neagu, Robert Vâlceanu

Central defender Cosmin Moți ensured his place in Ludogorets history by saving twice during a penalty shoot-out to put the club into the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time with a play-off win over FC Steaua București. Wanderson's volley had taken the tie to extra time, and Stoyanov's dismissal a minute from the end allowed the man who used to play for Steaua's big rivals Dinamo to become an unlikely hero. A goal up from the first leg, Romanian title holders Steaua looked determined to stretch their advantage in Sofia and squandered an excellent opening seven minutes in, Lucian Sânmărtean's cross from the left finding the unmarked Claudiu Ke?erü who poked wide. A whipped Ke?erü free-kick from the left zipped over the bar as the visitors continued to make chances, something Sânmărtean did for himself with a dazzling dribble only to blast wide of the top corner. The hosts came out of their shell as the half progressed; Fábio Espinho's free-kick required visiting keeper Giedrius Arlauskis to make a plunging save to his left before Virgil Misidjan was centimetres away from applying a finish to Mihail Aleksandrov's centre shortly before the interval. Łukasz SzukaĄa almost put the game beyond the Bulgarian champions after the restart, rising highest to meet a free-kick only to see his header turned against the post by Stoyanov. Time appeared to be running out until the 90th minute when Wanderson connected perfectly with a volley from the edge of the area following a cleared corner to force extra time with a wonderful goal. Moți's header in the first period was not far off for Ludogorets but their prospects dimmed considerably a minute from the end when keeper Stoyanov received a red card for bringing down Fernando Varela. With all home substitutions used, Moți had to pick up the gloves for the shoot-out. Nervelessly, he himself took the first spot kick, comfortably stroking into the corner, before denying Pîrvulescu with a brilliant stop to keep things level after Wanderson's miss. As the efforts continued to find the corner, the drama continued into sudden death where Moți capped a remarkable night by throwing himself to his right to repel Râpă's attempted conversion. [uefa.com]