This time, Lech’s trip to Belgium wasn’t a happy one. Just two months ago, after beating Royal Charleroi in an away clash, the team from Poznań qualified to the group phase of Europa League. However, on Thursday, another Belgian side, Standard Liege, turned out to be better than Lech and won the match 2:1 following a last-minute winner from Laifis.
The first half wasn’t a great performance from Lech – the hosts visibly dominated on the pitch, however, luckily for the Polish club, Filip Bednarek was playing a brilliant game and his interventions saved Lech multiple times from conceding a goal. Shortly before halftime, the situation changed when Obbi Oulare – Standard’s forward – was forced off the pitch for a second yellow and, as a result, red card.
The circumstances have further improved for the guests when Mikael Ishak scored for the Polish club in the 61st minute with a strong, precise shot into the bottom corner. However, from there on, Lech lost control of the game. Just two minutes later, the Belgian team equalized thanks to a goal from Abdoul Tapsoba and then, in the 75th minute, the Polish side lost the advantage of one man. Djorde Crnomarković was sent off for a foul that cost him a second yellow card.
Standard Liege regained control of the game and just when it seemed that the match was going to end in a draw, Konstantinos Laifis scored a late winner and the hosts collected all three points.
Goals: Abdoul Tapsoba (63), Konstantinos Laifis (90+4) – Mikael Ishak (61)
Red cards: Obbi Oulare (45+3 – two yellow cards) – Djordje Crnomarković (75 – two yellow cards)
Standard Liege: Arnaud Bodart – Collins Fai, Noe Nussenne, Merveille Bokadi (46. Abdoul Tapsoba), Konstantinos Laifis, Nicolas Gavory (77. Laurent Jans) – Gojko Cimirot, Nicolas Raskin (77. Samuel Bastien) – Maxime Lestienne (46. Aleksandar Boljević), Obbi Oulare, Michel Ange Balikwisha (76. Felipe Avenatti)
Lech Poznań: Filip Bednarek – Bohdan Butko, Thomas Rogne, Djordje Crnomarković, Tymoteusz Puchacz – Michał Skóraś (64. Alan Czerwiński), Jakub Moder (79. Lubomir Šatka), Pedro Tiba (79. Filip Marchwiński), Jan Sýkora (64. Vasyl Kravets) – Dani Ramirez – Mikael Ishak (84. Nika Kacharava)
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