{"id":93921,"date":"2017-10-03T14:31:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T14:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/braga-v-ludogorets-background.html"},"modified":"2017-10-03T14:31:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T14:31:13","slug":"braga-v-ludogorets-background","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/football\/braga-v-ludogorets-background.html","title":{"rendered":"Braga v Ludogorets background"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Braga will find to extend their continental winning strain to 6 games as they acquire a Ludogorets side brief of divided success in UEFA Europa League Group C.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous meetings<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 The clubs are assembly for a initial time; conjunction has formerly played a organisation from their opponents&#8217; home country.<\/p>\n<p><!--End ad tag--><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Portuguese sides have had a improved of a 16 UEFA bar foe encounters with Bulgarian clubs: W9 D5 L2.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ludogorets will demeanour to turn a initial Bulgarian organisation to win a UEFA bar competiton diversion in Portugal (D1 L7).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article_picture\">\n<!--[if IE 9]&gt;<video>&lt;![endif]--><!--[if IE 9]&gt;<\/video>&lt;![endif]--><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Highlights: Braga 2-1 Istanbul Ba\u015fak\u015fehir\" title=\"Highlights: Braga 2-1 Istanbul Ba\u015fak\u015fehir\" src=\"https:\/\/img.uefa.com\/imgml\/uefacom\/uel\/fallback.jpg\" class=\"pflazyload lazyfade lazyOwl design article--img img-responsive\" \/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"video-login-icon js-video-login-trigger icon-lock hidden\"><\/span><button class=\"video-login-button js-video-login-trigger btn btn-primary dark d3-plugin\"><span class=\"icon-login\"> <\/span>Log in for giveaway to watch a highlights<\/button><span class=\"video-login-close icon-close\"> <\/span>  <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-embedded_caption\">Highlights: Braga 2-1 Istanbul Ba\u015fak\u015fehir<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Form guide<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 Unbeaten in 6 European matches this season, Braga are on a five-game winning strain in a UEFA Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ludogorets are undefeated in 5 European matches (W3 D2), though are but a win in 9 UEFA divided games (D6 L3).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Fifth in Portugal final term, and runners-up in a 2010\/11 UEFA Europa League, Braga are competing in this organisation theatre for a third true season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Bulgarian champions Ludogorets got to a turn of 16 in their usually prior UEFA Europa League organisation theatre debate of 2013\/14\u00a0\u2013 and played in final season&#8217;s turn of 32 after transferring from a UEFA Champions League.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article_picture\">\n<!--[if IE 9]&gt;<video>&lt;![endif]--><!--[if IE 9]&gt;<\/video>&lt;![endif]--><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Highlights: Ludogorets 2-1 Hoffenheim\" title=\"Highlights: Ludogorets 2-1 Hoffenheim\" src=\"https:\/\/img.uefa.com\/imgml\/uefacom\/uel\/fallback.jpg\" class=\"pflazyload lazyfade lazyOwl design article--img img-responsive\" \/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"video-login-icon js-video-login-trigger icon-lock hidden\"><\/span><button class=\"video-login-button js-video-login-trigger btn btn-primary dark d3-plugin\"><span class=\"icon-login\"> <\/span>Log in for giveaway to watch a highlights<\/button><span class=\"video-login-close icon-close\"> <\/span>  <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-embedded_caption\">Highlights: Ludogorets 2-1 Hoffenheim<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trivia and links<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 The tour from Razgrad to Braga is around 2,850km.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The tie is holding place a day after Braga midfielder Frans\u00e9rgio&#8217;s 27th birthday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The coaches<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 At a helm given Apr 2017, Abel Ferreira was formerly Braga&#8217;s B organisation coach. A right-back, he graduated from home-town side Penafiel to Vit\u00f3ria Guimar\u00e3es, Braga and Sporting CP, where he won dual Portuguese Cups before timid in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Hired in summer 2017, Ludogorets trainer Dimitar Dimitrov determined his coaching repute during home-town bar Neftochimik Burgas and landed Bulgarian titles with Litex Lovech and Levski Sofia, after coaching in Russia and Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n<p>Article source: http:\/\/www.uefa.com\/uefaeuropaleague\/season=2018\/matches\/round=2000890\/match=2022066\/prematch\/background\/index.html?rss=2496902+Braga+v+Ludogorets+background<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Braga will find to extend their continental winning strain to 6 games as they acquire a Ludogorets side brief of divided success in UEFA Europa League Group C. Previous meetings\u2022 The clubs are assembly for a initial time; conjunction has formerly played a organisation from their opponents&#8217; home country. \u2022 Portuguese sides have had a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-93921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","tag-uefa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}