The South Ossetian national team won 2-1 in the match against the team of Padania at the European Football Championship under the auspices of ConIFA - 2019, held in Artsakh Republic. The game was tense. In the first half, there were attempts by both teams to score a goal, but they failed.
The second half passed under the onslaught of the South Ossetian team. Already in the first half of the half-time, the South Ossetian footballer, 20-year-old Batraz Gurtsiev scored a goal against his opponents, later another goal came from our footballer Ibrahim Bazzaev.
South Ossetian athletes led 2-0 to the last minutes of the half time, but in the last minutes the referee counted a penalty kick for the South Ossetian footballer, due to which the opponents scored a goal. The match was held in Stepanakert.
The South Ossetian footballers were supported by the countrymen in South Ossetia. President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov on the way from Artsakh (A. Bibilov was on a three-day official visit to the Republic of Artsakh, during which he attended the opening of the championship. - Ed.) He phoned the team and congratulated them on their victory. “I am glad that the guys are demonstrating team spirit at the competitions,” the press secretary Dina Gassieva told IA “Res “.
In the cafe "Vincenzo" in Tskhinval, a live broadcast of the match was organized. The public were actively supporting the football players. It was a great game, said one of the fans Inal.
Another fan admitted that the players made them nervous: “Until they scored the first goal, I was very nervous, because it was already the second half and time was running out. But after I calmed down,”- said Alan.
One more fan Soslan, on the contrary, was confident in the victory of the South Ossetian team. Being asked why he was so confident, he has noted that intuition prompted him.
The intensity of passion increased with each minute of the half time. The fact that the fans were very worried was evidenced by their dissatisfied cries at the next unsuccessful goal attempt.
On Tuesday, at 16:00, the third game of the South Ossetian national team will take place at the European Championship with the national team of Sekei krai in Askeran.
European Championship ConIFA is taking place in Nagorno-Karabakh from 1 to 9 June.
The Confederation of Independent Football Associations (ConIFA) is a football organization formed on June 7, 2013. It unites football associations and their national teams (unrecognized and partially recognized countries, autonomies within recognized countries, ethnic teams) that were not officially included in the FIFA and continental confederations. The headquarters of the organization is located in the city of Luleå, in the northern part of Sweden - in the province of Norrbotten. It actually replaced the NF-Board.
Declaring its "100% political neutrality." ConIFA holds the World Cup and the European Cup. The first World Cup was held from 1 to 8 June 2014 in the Swedish city of Ostersund.
