Wisła players lost 1:6 (0:3) in Krakow against Cercle Brugge in the first leg of the 4th qualifying round of the Conference League. The rematch will take place next week in Belgium.
The people of Krakow started bravely. They tried to win the ball quickly and made some promising moves. The most dangerous was the sixth minute, which ended with a slightly missed shot from Marc Carbo. The next move saw the ball fall to Alan Minda on the left wing, who beat Kamil Broda with a well-placed shot into the long corner.
Wisła players didn’t even have time to breathe after this blow as they lost 0:2. This time, Thibo Somers shot into the short corner and surprised Broda, who was poorly positioned and expecting a cross.
Then there was a relatively even period of play. Towards the end of the first half, the visitors attacked again. First Broda won the duel with Kevin Denkey but a moment later after taking a corner Christiaan Ravych headed the ball into the net from close range.
Wisła had the best chance to score in first-half injury time, after a shot from Angel Rodado. However, the visiting goalkeeper managed to deflect the ball onto the post.
Immediately after the break, the guests scored the fourth goal. This time Denkey beat Broda with a shot into the top corner. The following minutes confirmed Cercle’s absolute dominance. The result was fifth goal scored by Abdoul Ouattara.
Wisła players tried to score at least one honourable goal. In the 73rd minute, Patryk Gogół came close, his shot was saved by Warlesson, and Rodado’s follow-up was slightly off target. A moment later, the visiting goalkeeper he made another great intervention after Gogół’s shot.
In the end, Kazeem Olaigbe took a perfect free kick from about 20 meters away. But then Wisła managed to make an effective move. Rodado hit the crossbar and scored his goal. seventh goal in this edition of the European cups.
Wisła Krakow: Kamil Broda – Bartosz Jaroch (62. Jakub Wiśniewski), Alan Uryga, Wiktor Biedrzycki, Rafał Mikulec – Marc Carbo, Olivier Sukiennicki (71. Jesus Alfaro) – Piotr Starzyński (46. Angel Baena), Frederico Duarte (71. Karol Dziedzic) , Tamas Kiss (62. Patryk Gogół) – Angel Rodado.
Brugge Circle: Warleson – Gary Magnee, Christiaan Ravych, Senna Miangue (78. Boris Popovic), Nazinho – Lawrence Agyekum, Erick (62. Felipe Augusto) – Thibo Somers (46. Abdoul Ouattara), Bruninho (62. Alonzo Engwanda), Alan Minda (71. Kazeem Olaigbe) – Kevin Denkey.
Goals: 0-1 Alan Minda (8), 0-2 Thibo Somers (11), 0-3 Christiaan Ravych (37), 0-4 Kevin Denkey (48), 0-5 Abdoul Ouattara (56), 0-6 Kazeem Olaigbe (82 frees), 1-6 Angel Rodado (84).
Yellow card: Wisła – Angel Rodado, Bartosz Jaroch; Circle – Kevin Denkey, Lawrence Agyekum.
Judge: Philip Farrugia (Malta).
Spectators: 25.093.
