Football|FC Lugano leads 1-0 after the first half.
HJK’s keeper Thijmen Nijhuis produced several top saves in the first half of the Conference League opener against FC Lugano in Switzerland. He couldn’t fight everything, because Lugano Antonios Papadopoulos hit a long shot to give the home team a 1–0 lead in the 34th minute.
Nijhuis’ star moments were in the 13th and 15th minutes, when he blocked Lugano’s goals from close range. Even in Papadopoulos’ goal, Nijhuis got his hand in between, but the ball rose from his hand and finally fell into the net.
HJK had two scoring chances in the first half. in the 19th minute Noah Pallas shot over the goal from the front corner. Right at the end of the episode Lee Erwin was able to shoot from the aftermath of a corner kick, but the flicker from a small angle did not produce a result.
FC Lugano has to play Euro matches in evako, because the team’s home stadium does not have a UEFA license. Lugano has chosen the 10,000-seater stadium in Thun as the match venue, but no more than a thousand spectators have arrived for the Conference League match. It is not a surprise, because it is more than 250 kilometers from Lugano to Thun.
The second half of the match has yet to be played.
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