Super Drita advances to the Conference League playoff

Kosovo's football champion, Drita, has secured a place in the Conference League playoff.

On Thursday, in front of a small number of spectators at “Fadil Vokrri” in Pristina, the Gjilan side thrashed San Marino's Tre Fiori 5:0.

Drita had also won the first match emphatically, 4:1 against Tre Fiori, to secure a place in the qualifying playoff of UEFA's third-tier competition.

Drita ended the first half with a convincing 3:0 lead.

French midfielder Kemehlo Nguena, 26, scored twice, while Arb Manaj added another. 

Nguena first scored in the 20th minute, after an assist from Vesel Limaj from a corner.  Nguena then made it 2:0 in the 41st minute, assisted by Raddy Ovouka. 
Ovouka, who had also hit the crossbar in the first half, won a penalty which Arb Manaj converted in the 43rd minute.

As soon as the second half began, Drita scored a fourth goal. Substitute Mike Arthur made it 4:0.
Striker Arb Manaj scored his second goal of the match. Manaj made it 5:0 from close range in the 60th minute.

Coach Ardian Nuhiu made his debut on Drita's bench. In fact, Nuhiu returned to Drita, which he had managed from February 2019 until 2022. 

Nuhiu replaced another Skopje-born coach, Zekirija Ramadani, on the Gjilan side's bench.

Drita will face Inter d’Escaldes in the Conference League qualifying playoff.

The opponent in the playoff is not unfamiliar to the Gjilan side.

In the 2020/21 season, they beat Andorra's Inter d’Escaldes 2:1 in the semifinal of the preliminary round of Champions League qualifying.