Lech Poznań – Dinamo Brest 1:1

Bjelica’s team attacked their rival aggressively in the opening minute. The results came very quickly when in 6^th minute Barkroth crossed the ball into the box where Gytkjaer was already waiting. The Danish forward was fouled by the Belarussian keeper and the referee awarded Lech with a penalty kick which the Dane converted into a goal.

The sparring match was played at a high tempo with both teams getting a couple of scoring chances throughout the 90 minutes. Dinamo’s keeper was kept busy and had to intervene every now and then. In the 20^th minute, he had to save Majewski’s flat shot. The midfielder had one more scoring opportunity in the first half but his attempt from outside the box was off target.

The opening minutes of the second half were dominated by the guests. In the 48^th minute, Artem Milewski scored an equalizer. Both teams started attacking more intensively with an aim to take the lead, but they both struggled to place the ball in the net. In the 65^th minute, Gytkjaer came close to scoring when he received a good pass from the corner of the pitch, but this time the goalkeeper caught the ball in time.

Dinamo had a couple of chances to score the second goal too, but Lech’s defensive line made few errors. Around the 80^th minute, Torres converted a free kick into a decent shot, but it was slightly off target and Lech’s goalkeeper didn’t have to intervene. Lech was determined to win until the very last minute, however, the hosts failed to beat Dinamo’s defensive line and the match ended with a draw.

Lech Poznań – Dinamo Brest (1:0)

Goals: Gytkjaer (6. -penalty) - (Milewski 48.)

Lech: Jasmin Burić - Marcin Wasielewski (74. Maciej Orłowski), Rafał Janicki, Vernon de Marco, Emir Dilaver - Abdul Aziz Tetteh (60. Łukasz Trałka), Radosław Majewski (60. Darko Jevtić), Mihai Radut (60. Maciej Gajos) - Nicklas Barkroth (74. Tymoteusz Klupś), Christian Gytkjaer (74. Dawid Kurminowski), Deniss Rakels

Dinamo: Pavel Pavlyuchenko - Dmitri Aliseyko (46. Leonardo Torres), Oleg Veretilo, Andrey Lebedev, Maksim Vitus - Aleksey Legchilin (61. Pavel Priemudorov), Chidi Osuchukwu - Pavel Nekhaychuk (76. Junior Etouindi), Joel Fameyeh (46. Nivaldo Fereira), Saliw Babawo (46. Borha Dokal) - Aleksandar Vujacic (46. Artem Milewski)