Lech Poznań – Hapoel Beer Sheva 0:0

Following a goalless draw in the league clash with Legia Warsaw came another tie without goals, this time in the European arena against Hapoel. There were plenty of similarities between the two matches – Lech visibly dominated on the pitch, and stayed in possession of the ball for a majority of the time, but failed to convert their control into goal-scoring opportunities.

The first half was rather exhilarating, without many interesting events taking place inside Hapoel’s box. In addition, Barry Douglas suffered what looks like a serious injury. Fortunately, Pedro Rebocho who came in for Scott lived up to the task.

Unfortunately, Lech’s offensive line didn’t perform that well. John van den Brom’s players lacked precision, sufficient pace, and efficiency in their few scoring attempts. Filip Marchwiński and Filip Dagerstal both had good chances to change the score but the first one’s header was impressively stopped by Hapoel’s keeper, and the latter’s shot from up close was off target.

Halfway into the group stage, Lech is currently placed second in Group C, behind the yet-unbeaten Villarreal. Lech’s upcoming two matches, against Beer Sheva in Hapoel and in Vienna against Austria will be crucial if Lech is to advance to the next phase of the tournament.

However, before the players from Poznań fly to Israel, they have one more league match to play – at home, against Radomiak (5:30 pm).

Lech Poznań - Hapoel Beer Sheva 0:0 (0:0)

Lech Poznań: Bednarek - Pereira, Dagerstal, Milić, Douglas (32. Rebocho) - Karlstrom, Murawski (60. Kvekveskiri) - Skóraś (82. Sobiech), Marchwiński (60. Amaral), Velde (60. Tsitaishvili) - Ishak

Hapoel Beer Sheva: Glazer - Lopes, Tibi, Vitor, Abaid (46. Dadia) - Bareiro, Hatuel (84. Shamir), Yosefi (46. Micha), Elias - Hemed (65. Selmani), Yehezkel (72. Ansah)