00:00As Nottingham Forest take on Aston Villa, they await the winners of this one.
00:05A first ever meeting between Braga and Freiburg.
00:12It's three changes made today by their head coach Carlos Vicenç.
00:16Paolo Oliveira comes in to start at the back in this competition for the first time since the qualifiers in
00:20August.
00:21With the same starting 11 here as started both legs of their 6-1 aggregate win against the Spaniards.
00:28The home side, Braga will get us underway. They will play in red. Freiburg in their change kit of black.
00:36Zeffen was just alluding to, there is no history between these two clubs. This is the first meeting.
00:45Porta, Salazar, Vito Gomez forward, but Jordi Mackengo, the young French full-back, back and touchstone!
00:57Well, what a good start that is.
01:02Demir Ege-Tiknas with the faintest of touches.
01:07And inside eight minutes, Braga lead.
01:19And that's all that was required, Bill.
01:22Just the slightest of touches to send it beyond the goalkeeper.
01:25Now, Atubulo could do nothing about it.
01:29Not great defending out of the far post, it must be said.
01:36Jordi Mackengo, perhaps didn't get a shout, he could have let that ball just run over his head.
01:40And out for a goal kick and then defend it.
01:43A superb ball back in, wasn't it, from Victor Gomez.
01:46Mejad found his teammate, didn't slash out the football.
01:49Yeah, has a little look up.
01:50He sees the run of his teammate, Tiknas.
01:53That's a great finish.
01:54And they kept this pattern going.
01:56They've gone through the whole campaign, opening the scoring in all ten of their home games.
02:03And that's a fierce effort, fired over by Yuan Manzambi.
02:15Ginter underneath that.
02:19They've gone in each other's way, that two of the Braga players.
02:22And Anthony Taylor is playing advantage here.
02:24It's Bester on the ball.
02:25It's surely 1-1.
02:29Vincenzo Grifo, the old stager, levels it up.
02:37The referee let it go after a Braga foul on the halfway line.
02:42And I think maybe Julian Schuster is asking the fourth official, Chris Kavanagh, whether it should have been more than
02:48yellow.
02:55Well, there's the gift, I said, that Braga could not afford to give Freiburg.
03:00And then Vincenzo Grifo finish it well.
03:03I'm not sure what they're complaining about.
03:04Two Braga players go for the ball.
03:06There's the challenge that leads to the yellow card.
03:09But unselfish play from Jan-Nicholas Bester.
03:11But this is a moment that really tugs on the heartstrings for the supporters and particularly for the individual quarter.
03:28And Carlos Vicenzo and Braga also got into that position.
03:38It's around Moutinho.
03:46Missed the first corner of the evening.
03:49The last 90 seconds of normal time at the end of the first half.
03:54Delivered by Dorgeles.
03:55Fitting the man at the near post, he's Vitor Gomez.
04:11The VAR spotted something in there.
04:14It's Lienhard and Lagerbielk for two of them.
04:17And it's Philipp Lienhard.
04:19And what he does to Lagerbielk.
04:23Lagerbielk making a run towards the near post.
04:26Making the most of it as well, Bill.
04:28That's to be said.
04:28I mean, how can you tell?
04:29He's watching.
04:30I think, yeah, for me, he's looking straight at it.
04:32But I don't see anything there.
04:34The monitor is there.
04:35Tug on the shirt.
04:36Miss Angle.
04:37They don't see nerve.
04:38I think that he's on the way down.
04:41Long before the ball actually gets to Lagerbielk.
04:45This would be an extremely soft decision.
04:49Well, it is a decision given.
04:51And on the stroke of half-time, Braga get a break.
04:55Lienhard is penalised.
04:57Well, at best, he was running a risk by having hands-on and grappling like that.
05:11It's Salazar, and it's saved.
05:15Noah Utobulu flung himself to his right.
05:21He told somebody, that is a fantastic stop.
05:25That's not the worst penalty that you see, but the big keeper is up and early now.
05:30Does he come off the line?
05:31No.
05:31Put behind the line, launches himself.
05:34And with that yellow card, Bill, perhaps that was the reason why he was a little bit shaky and nervous
05:38in that challenge.
05:41So, these two cannot be separated at the break, but they probably should have been 20 more to come.
05:52Braga in black, get us underway here.
06:02Matanovic is the target for that one.
06:03He's cushioned it down.
06:05Manzambi.
06:07Manzambi.
06:08Of course, why?
06:10He was shepherded and marshalled pretty well in the end by Paolo Oliveira.
06:15Trump-Domptor feels confident that he's going to be back on before too long, but they're down to 10 temporarily
06:21here.
06:23Vester looks to exploit that.
06:25Matanovic.
06:27Really smart save.
06:31And it was a good one.
06:32In the borderline weather, his teammate, Matanovic, is onside.
06:37All right, that's a good hit, straight down as well.
06:40It's a pull to him, to deliver.
06:45Well attacked by Carvalho.
06:49Without a cost.
06:52Thank you for Matano.
06:55The veteran conducting things over the top for Vitor Gomez.
06:59The cutback, an inviting one.
07:03And in, at the death.
07:06Dorgiles.
07:16The coach is calm, but he's about the only one in here.
07:19It seems to be concerning the outside, but there's the old stage of Jean Moutinho, with a fantastic ball.
07:25And there's Victor Gomez, the architect, or one of them, in the first goal.
07:28I mean, that's terrible goalkeeping, isn't it, from Noah Atubolo.
07:31So, he's not able to keep that shot, and he should have done.
07:36He should be able to just palm that down.
07:40Vitor Carvalho with a side foot.
07:43Attempted finish.
07:46That's the stuff of nightmares.
07:48And there's Borgales, to calmly steer it past the goalkeeper.
07:52He was the hero towards the end of the first half.
07:55He's the villain of the piece at the end of the game.
08:10Anthony Taylor brings his first leg to a close.
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