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NEC hosts Levski Sofia in Europa League after losing opening matches
NEC hosted Levski Sofia in Nijmegen in a Europa League match.
Both teams had lost their first match in the competition.
NEC lost 5-0 away to Juventus in its opening game.
The Nijmegen club had also gone a month and a half without a win.
The match offered NEC a chance to seek its first success in Europe and end its winless run.
Both sides needed a result after starting the competition with defeats.
No later result is given.
NEC hosts Levski Sofia in Nijmegen in a Europa League match after both teams lost their opening matches.
NEC lost 5-0 away to Juventus in its first match.
NEC had not won for a month and a half and was seeking a successful result.
- Who
- NEC and Levski Sofia.
- What
- They are playing a Europa League match.
- When
- 15 October 2026; the article described the match as taking place that evening.
- Where
- Nijmegen, at NEC’s home ground.
- Why
- Both teams lost their opening matches; NEC was seeking a successful result after a run without a win.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
NEC lost 5-0 to Juventus, and Levski Sofia also lost its opening match.
NEC hosted Levski Sofia in Nijmegen.
- Competition
- Europa League
- Teams
- NEC and Levski Sofia
- Venue
- Nijmegen
- NEC's opening match
- Lost 5-0 to Juventus
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