Gil Vicente will face Riga this Tuesday in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the Football Conference Europa League and will look for a good result in Latvia, in the match that marks the Club debut in European competitions.
Facing fifth place in the 2021/22 edition of the I League, the team from Barcelos will compete for access to the group stage of the third UEFA competitionwhere they will arrive if they beat Latvia and Scotland’s Dundee United or Dutchman AZ Alkmaar in the play-offs.
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Riga, for its part, reaches this stage after going through two qualifiers, the first against the Northern Irish Derry City (2-0 away and 2-0 at home) and the second against the Slovakian Ruzomberok (3-0 away and 2- 0 at home). 1 at home).
Gil Vicente will play the first official match of the season, under the command of Ivo Vieirawho just took over the management of the team on June 28, after Ricardo Soares left for the Egyptian team Al-Ahly.
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For its part, the Latvian team has already advanced the championship and remains in third position, adding, after 23 games, a total of 47 points (less one game), compared to 52 for the RFS and 60 for the leader Valmiera ( plus one game).
Tuesday’s match is scheduled for 18 hours (Lisbon time) and will be refereed by the Norwegian Jakob Kehlet, with the second leg scheduled for August 11, in Barcelos, at 8:00 p.m.
Source: Observadora
