This Thursday evening, the Racing Club of Strasbourg moved to the lawn of the Slovan Bratislava on the occasion of the first day of the league phase of the league conference. On its first opportunity for the meeting, the Alsatian club opened the scoring.
At the second post, Yirajang was ahead of Amo-Ameyaw to… mark against his camp (0-1, 26th). In total success on the first period, during which they were dominated in the game, the men of Rosenior made the station wagon thanks to a strike from the left of Ouattara (0-2, 41st).
In the second half, the Slovak team logically returned to the score through the Ghanaian Rahim Ibrahim, who defeated hangers with a redeveloped head (1-2, 64th). The Strasbourg then not stopped retreating, to the point of camping in front of their goal. Tactics that turned out to be paying, since they were holding to the end.
Strasbourg folds but does not break
Almost twenty years after having played a group phase of a European Cup, the Blue and White have perfectly managed their return to the European scene. During the next day, they will welcome the Poles from Jagiellonia Białystok, at the Meinau stadium on October 23.
For the second consecutive year and since the establishment of the new format of this competition, the first eight clubs in the classification will be qualified for the direct elimination phase. As for those who will be beyond the 24th row, they will be eliminated.
