The final whistle was followed by whistles from the fans: LASK made their way into the Europa League much more difficult than necessary. The athletes could have traveled to Bucharest for the play-off return match on Thursday with a lead – but due to their own negligence, FCSB took home a 1:1 draw. As in the 1:2 defeat in the Bundesliga against Altach, the athletes deservedly took the lead and were put off the road to victory by a goal they themselves conceded.
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LASK suffered its first setback before kick-off: Tobias Lawal grabbed his right thigh – instead of standing in goal, the 24-year-old had to watch with a thick bandage. Jörg Siebenhandl stepped in – and for a long time was only needed as a build-up player with his foot.
Control turned into dominance, and things became dangerous when FCSB was overwhelmed by the pace. Moses Usor was unable to capitalize on Adil Taoui’s cross from the left while standing free in the box (8th minute), and the Nigerian shot Sascha Horvath’s cross from 15 meters just as far over the goal (17th minute). The opening goal came from short passing in the middle: Melayro Bogarde, Robert Zulj, Taoui – and it was 1-0 (21st minute).
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Image: GEPA pictures/ Christian Moser
Source: Nachrichten
