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Champions League. Third qualifying round
Ghent Arena by Gelamko
Knight – Rapid 2: 1
Goals: Dorsh 36, Yaremchuk 59 (pen.) – Demir 90 + 3
“Ghent”: Ruf, Castro Montes, Arslanagic, Ngado-Ngadzhi, Fortuna, Ovusu, Kums, Dorsh (Ojija-Ofoye 66), Chakvetadze (Nyangbo 61), Depuatre, Yaremchuk (Kleindinst 89)
“Quick”: Strebinger, Stojkovic, Graiml, M. Hoffmann, Ullmann, Petrovic (Grahovac 87), Ljubicic (Kitagawa 87), Murg, Araze (Demir 74), Funtas, Kara
Warnings: Hoffmann 5, Araz 22, Puntas 56, Murg 86, Demir 90 + 1
You can’t imagine a better opportunity to beat “Gent” at a party. Without spectators, one day after the dismissal of his coach, the second in the last month. Against a 38-year-old interim mentor who hasn’t even trained in the Major Divisions. But even this “Rapid” opportunity was missed. Even so, “Gent” is stronger, his budget is one and a half times bigger, he has nine players at his disposal, according to Transfermarkt worth more than three million euros (the Austrians do not have them). And they wanted to show a lot. In contrast to rivals who spoke of tranquility after securing a place in the group stage of the Europa League.
“Rapid” clearly wanted to immediately take advantage of the “Gent” teardown. Funtas and even left-back Ullmann started with controls from Ruf, who was the second goalkeeper from the previous season. Davi took it clearly. Little by little, the hosts took the initiative and forced the guests to commit fouls often, especially on the flanks. It is true that apart from the banal awnings from there and the bad shots from a distance, they offered nothing. Nominal right-back Yaremchuk, who didn’t know what to do on the wing, took a free kick from the right and closed it off with an inaccurate header. And the second quarter of the match started at all in midfield.
However, Gent scored. In a counterattack, Kums again hung from the right and this time found the head of a player in the central area of Dorsch. Soon, in two more counterattacks, Yaremchuk had to score twice. Chakvetadze cross from the center of the penalty area, closed imprecisely, breaking half the field one-on-one ruined, releasing the ball. How did Rapid respond? The same banal hauls from the flanks. And with a fresh blow from Funtas from afar (Ruf retired). Immediately after the 50th minute, Kara struck incorrectly from the left side of the penalty area and the area of his line. To which Chakvetadze responded with an advance of 60 meters. Greiml shot him down.
In fact, Yaremchuk took the penalty badly. In the center, weak. Strebinger, who jumped, kicked him. But the ball still ended up in goal. And then the favorite defended the advantage. Rufus also clearly shot the target, which the guests eventually got double (8: 4). Except for Demir’s shot from the penalty line area in injury time. Greiml then misfired on his head. It turns out that the terrified dismissal of Laszlo Beleni and the appointment of beloved players Wim De Dekker and Peter Ballett worked. They brought Yaremchuk from the stands, restored order and the players’ desire to fight. And then he played a class.
