Lausanne took a good step towards the play-offs of the Conference League. The Vaudois beat FC Astana 3-1 in the first leg of the 3rd qualifying round.
Before swallowing the 5,500 kilometers that separate the Olympic city from the Kazakhe capital, the Vaudois hoped for a small mattress. But for that, the players of Peter Zeidler had to score goals.
What they did from the 24th thanks to Roche. Better still, the Lausannois have doubled the setting just before half-time. Kaly Sène took advantage of an opposing defense error to prick the ball in order.
However, the LS was very hot in the second period when Astana found the post and that the amount kindly gave the ball to the Letica porter. Fortunately, the “Blue and White” were able to write 3-0 in the 72nd. The center of Poaty found Ajdini who saw the ball bounce on him on the tibia.
Ajdini could have sheltered his team definitively shelter a few minutes later, but the Kosovo striker opened his foot too much.
Worse, in the 91st, it was a cannon shot from Basic, happy not to have been expelled at the start of the match, which allowed Astana to return to Kazakhstan with only two goals late.
LUGANO FESTSÉ
Quite the opposite of Lugano who experienced a severe disillusionment by being spanked by Celje 5-0 in Thoune at the same stage as the Vaudois. Definitely, the Slovenes are not suitable for Ticino. They had indeed eliminated the Bianconeri last March at the stage of the knockout stages of this same conference League.
Like last season, the Ticino made too many mistakes and granted not one, but two penalties transformed by Kovacevic.
This article was published automatically. Source: ATS
