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The Linz team performed at their best against the Bulgarian champions for a long time and deservedly won 4: 3. Markus Raguz, Hussein Balic and Andreas Gruber were responsible for the goals at LASK.
8:43 p.m., October 29, 2020
As much as LASK had no chance against Tottenham last week, Upper Austria played confidently against Bulgarian representative Ludogorez Razgrad on Thursday, literally from the first second. Because the Linzers passed with the first shot Hussein Balic in leadership. After preparatory work to play hard again Marko raguz The 24-year-old midfielder had no major problems making it 1-0 from a good 16 meters. There was absolutely no sign of backtracking, rather the coach’s team increased Dominik Thalhammer Over the course of the first half the pace and made the Bulgarians’ defense seem again and again unfit for the European Cup.
Because he didn’t get out of the game that night. In the 12th minute, LASK also showed its strengths in the standards. Andreas Gruber He came after a corner from Michorl without pressure until the end and made it 2-0 without problems. When there was then much to suggest a show of force by the local team, the guests came out of nowhere to score the connecting goal. Elvis manu He took advantage of the lack of concentration in the Linz defense for a brief moment and made the game exciting again (15th).
Especially since Ludogorez was improving more and more in the game. But as with the 1: 2, the next goal should fall against the course of the match, this time with a better ending for the Austrian representative. Alex Santana He lost an absolute opportunity to equalize after half an hour, four minutes later Raguz, the best man on the field, made the supposed preliminary decision with a lateral shooter (34th).
The guests barely made it into the second round. On defense they still had problems with the strong offensive department around Raguz, Gruber and Balic. The latter seemed to have finally decided the game with a distorted ending. (56.) In the end, things turned out very different than expected. Initially, Manu took advantage of a defensive error by Upper Austria (67), five minutes later the referee showed Javier Estrada Fernandez to the surprise of many Linzers at the penalty spot. Lukas Grgic put the ball in an attempt to clarify and had to after his second yellow card in the early booth. Manu made good use of the penalty and made the game exciting again with his third goal of the afternoon. With one man down, LASK defended the important victory to the end and can therefore continue to wait for promotion to the next round.
