Third round - 26 July 2008 19:45 CET (20:45 local time) - Georgi Asparuhov - Sofia
Chernomorets BurgasAggregate: 0 - 4 Grasshoppers
Chernomorets Burgas0 - 1
Grasshoppers
Bobadilla 53

Grasshoppers bounce onwards

Saturday 26 July 2008
Match report by Stoyan Georgiev
Hanspeter Latour's side completed a 4-0 aggregate victoryHanspeter Latour's side completed a 4-0 aggregate victory (©Bongarts)

A Raúl Bobadilla strike gave Grasshopper-Club a comprehensive overall win against their Bulgarian hosts.

Home pressure
After their first-leg win, Grasshopper started the game in confident mood but it was PFC Chernomorets Burgas who had the first decent chance of the game. However, Nikolay Krastev could not take advantage following an excellent cross from Lyubomir Lyubenov. The visitors did not truly threaten until after the restart when Bobadilla, who had just come off the bench, hit the post after 52 minutes.

Goalless
However, he made no mistake soon after creating a chance out of nothing before dispatching a clinical finish pass home goalkeeper Vladislav Stoyanov. Chernomorets kept going forward and midfielder Marin Petrov hit the post from a free kick before earning a last-minute penalty. Martin Kovachev stepped up but missed the target to leave his side goalless over the two legs.

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