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FootballLausanne sets foot in Conference League dams
In front of more than 9,000 spectators at La Tuilière, the Vaudois beat the Kazakhstani of Astana 3-1 on Thursday. Return match in a week.
The joy of the Vaudois after the third goal, Thursday evening at the Tuilière.
Claudio De Capitani/FreshfocusThe Lausanne-Sport attracts crowds to the Tuilière on the European scene. After being more than 9000 against the Vardar Skopje in the previous round of the Conference League, fans of the Vaudois were 9008 on Thursday evening, for the first leg of the 3rd qualifying round against the Kazakhstani of FK Astana. And they were spoiled since their favorite team won 3-1.
In the first half, Peter Zeidler’s men largely dominated their opponents. Keeping the ball and making it move over the entire width of the terrain, they prevented the Astana from illustrating other than by making mistakes.
One of them almost put them to ten (18th), but the red released by the referee on a tackle of Ivan Basic in the Lies of Jamie Roche was finally transformed into yellow after viewing the Var.
Fortunately for the LS, Roche did not injure the adventure. We even found the 24 -year -old Swedish six minutes later for the opening of the score. From a flat of the foot drawn from 18 meters flush with the post, he deceived the opposing goalkeeper Mukhammejan Seisen for the 1-0.
The players trained by Grigoriy Babayan did not revolt. If they worried the Vaudois on a few against, they especially defended. But not always very good. Proof of this is the 2-0 of Kaly Sène, in the 42nd minute. While Kipras Kazukolovas was trying a pass to his goalkeeper, he missed, leaving the Senegalias striker seized the ball and sting him over the goalkeeper.
Another defensive error
The Kazakhstanis rose from a notch in the second period and were more dangerous in front of the goals of Karlo Letica, like this attempt by the 56th which bounced on a post before finishing his race in the arms of the Croatian porter.
But Lausanne stayed in his match and faced with an often clumsy defense, he managed to take the break in the 72nd minute. On a center of Morgan Poaty, the visitors of visitors completely missed his intervention and the ball rebounded on the Tibia of Alban Ajdini for 3-0.
In the 91st minute, Ivan Basic, with a beautiful strike in the skylight, saved the honor of the Astana. But this goal does not change much to the case. The Lausanne domination was such on Thursday evening that it should allow the Vaudois to approach the return match with serenity.
They will go to Astana on August 14 to try to close the case. To perhaps find the Besiktas Istanbul, an easy winner in Ireland against the St-Partick Athletic (1-4) on August 21 in dams. And there, there will surely be more than 10,000 spectators at the Tuilière.
Lugano and Vaduz are poorly crossed out
Also engaged in the 3rd qualifying round from the conference League on Thursday, Lugano and Vaduz should not see the dams. In Ticino, the Luganais bowed 0-5 against the NK Celje. The Slovenes were well helped by the men of Mattia Croci-Torti who granted them two penalties. The return match in a week will be very complicated. He will also be for Vaduz, who lost 3-0 to the Netherlands against Az Alkmaar. At home, the Liechtensteinois will have to outdo themselves if they plan to get out of it.
