Universitatea Craiova and Levski Sofia will meet at Stadionul Ion Oblemenco in Craiova on Wednesday 29 July, 19:30 CEST, with UEFA Champions League Qualification Round 2 asking both sides for precision from the first whistle. For readers in Norway, this is a late-summer knockout tie that will reward any team able to impose its coach's plan quickly, because a cup tie leaves little room to recover once the rhythm turns against you.
Filipe Coelho will lead Universitatea Craiova into home territory, while Julio Velazquez will bring Levski Sofia to Romania with the same clear objective: keep the contest under control and leave with control of the tie. In a fixture at this level, the margin between a useful night and a difficult one can be measured in one set piece, one transition, or one mistake under pressure, so the opening phases at Stadionul Ion Oblemenco should matter as much as any later spell of pressure.
For Norway-based viewers, the local window is straightforward: Wednesday 29 July, 19:30 CEST, with TV 2 and Discovery+ listed as the viewing options. That makes the match easy to slot into an evening schedule, and it also frames the contest as one to watch live rather than catch up on later, because knockout football tends to settle its important questions in real time. The setting in Craiova adds another layer, with the home side able to use familiarity with the venue while Levski Sofia will have to manage the away conditions with discipline.
- Universitatea Craiova will try to turn Stadionul Ion Oblemenco into a starting point for the tie, and the home crowd factor will sit behind every early duel.
- Levski Sofia, under Julio Velazquez, will arrive with the task of keeping the game level long enough to shape the second half of the night.
- Filipe Coelho's side will be expected to take responsibility for the tempo at home, where the first clean pass out of pressure can change the picture.
- For fans in Norway, TV 2 and Discovery+ provide the clearest route into a match that sits inside UEFA Champions League Qualification Round 2.
With the tie set for Wednesday 29 July, 19:30 CEST, the next step will belong to the side that handles the first pressure moments best in Craiova. For Norway, that means a live test of composure rather than a routine evening watch, and the winner at Stadionul Ion Oblemenco should leave with the clearer path out of UEFA Champions League Qualification Round 2.
