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UEFA Europa League: Valencia v Ludogorets

Juan Antonio Pizzi's men are in command of the last 16 tie heading into the second leg, following a 3-0 win over the Bulgarian outfit last Thursday in a game that saw both sides reduced to 10 men.

Seydou Keita was sent off for Valencia in the 24th minute, but Pizzi's side were still able to wrap up a comfortable victory as Federico Cartabia and Philippe Senderos added to Antonio Barragan's fifth-minute strike.

That setback left Valencia well adrift of the European spots in the Spanish top flight, and Pizzi's side will likely need to win the tournament in order to compete in it again next term.

But even with Bezjak's presence victory appears highly improbable for Ludogorets against a team that Pizzi insists are determined to win the Europa League.

"We want to win the Europa League and we have a great advantage, more than we could have expected, but the tie isn't decided," Pizzi said.

"I don't call things until they're actually over. Our opponents will be driven to come back.

"We believe we can win this tournament and we'll try to show that in all our matches."