Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe could only manage a 1-1 draw at home to Aktobe, although the Liviu Ciobotario-coached side controlled the game.

Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe drew with Aktobe in the third preliminary round of the UEFA Conference League

Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe remain on the cards for the UEFA Conference League play-offs after a 1-1 draw at home to Aktobe on Thursday night.

At the end of the game, Liviu Ciobotariu revealed what worried him most about Thursday night’s game. At the same time, he told Kovasnen that the team has a chance to reach the playoffs.

“We had a modest first half, we sat very low. Second half, much better.

We conceded a goal in stoppage time, that’s exactly what I don’t like at all, but I congratulated my players and congratulate them now for the way they believed in the results, for the way they approached the second half. This is a result that gives hope for a comeback.

In the first half I asked the players to be careful, but in the second I took a risk and played with two strikers. This is a result that gives us hope for the next match.

The players that came in, they fit in really well. They changed the fate of the game.

All players are to blame for the conceded goal, but I am the most guilty, I decided to defend in the zone. Sometimes, okay, it’s not the right time, but when we make mistakes, we all make mistakes.” he said, reports Digi Sport.

The return match between Aktobe and Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe will take place on August 17 and will start at 18:00.