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It’s over!!! 2-1 victory for Strasbourg in pain but the essential is done.
Barco gets a free kick, it smells good for the Alsatians.
Foul by Doué on Fruk and it’s another good free kick for Rijeka.
Strasbourg suffers in these final minutes.
Good save from Penders on a shot from Fruk, but it takes the intervention of Omobamidele to put it back for a corner.
Another corner for the Croatians.
4 minutes of added time.
Corner for RIjeka. The public pushes in this last minute!!!
Doué will be suspended for the return match because of his warning.
Free kick taken by D. Čop which passes just next to the top corner.
Exit of S. Amo-Ameyaw
Entry by G. Yassine
Yellow card for G. Doué for a foul on Fruk just before the surface. Good free kick to follow.
Corner taken by Tiago Dantas…new corner.
Against led by ORec whose center is well diverted by Omobamidele.
What a mistake Hogsberg raised directly at Orec’s feet but the Croats did not take advantage of it.
Entrance by D. Fofana
Release of J. Panichelli
Goal from A. Majstorović!!! GOOOAAAALLLL!!! The Croats react! On a free kick struck by Dantas at the near post, Majstorovic emerged to score with a powerful header. 1-2 for Strasbourg.
Entry by J. Lasickas
Exit of Mr. Devetak
Entry by A. Jurič
Release of D. Adu-Adjei
Goal from Mr. Godo!!!!! GOOOAAAALLLL!! Great work from Ouattara on the right side, he serves Doué who leans on Panichelli before hitting. Zlomislic pushes back on Godo who does not miss the offering. 2-0 for Strasbourg which is giving itself some breathing space.
GOAL….OFFSIDE!!! This time it was Godo who found the opening but he was offside.
Strasbourg is scared. Be careful not to have regrets.
OOOHHH!!
Huge opportunity for Rijeka with Adu-Adjei eliminating Hogsberg before striking but Penders turns his foot away.
Entry by D. Čop
Release of A. Gojak
Entry by A. Ouattara
Release of J. Enciso
Entrance of Mr. Godo
Release of S. Nanasi
NANASI’S GOAL!!!! Offside signaled. The Swede had completed a great action perfectly but he was well offside and the goal was refused.
Adu Adjei has left his camp, he enters the area, fixes and rolls…by.
OOHHH!!! Following a corner, Dantas lights, Penders pushes the ball back to Orec who fails to recover.
Shot on target by Mr. Ndockyt
Free kick taken by V. Barco taken at the far post for DOué who hits the header on Omobamidele who attempts an acrobatic recovery which misses the target.
Panichelli is in every shot. He recovers a ball in the middle of the field before being thrown by Majstorovic
Yellow card for A. Majstorović
Enciso turns well in the area before hitting but it is pushed away.
Very choppy start to the second half with many mistakes.
Yellow card for A. Omobamidele
The Alsatian captain came off during the break following a physical problem.
Here we go again with Strasbourg which kicks off the second act.
Entry by A. Omobamidele
Release of I. Doukouré
It’s the break. Strasbourg leads 1-0 but nothing is decided. See you straight away for the second act.
Barco looks for Enciso but he is too short.
The Strasbourgers were unable to take advantage of their thunderous start to the match to widen the gap and Rijeka has not said its last word.
3 minutes of added time.
Yellow card for T. Fruk
Ndockyt gets treatment, he hurt himself.
Shot off target by J. Enciso
Corner taken by J. Enciso. The ball passes in front of the Croatian goal but no one can take it.
Shot off target by S. Radeljić
The Alsatians have been losing the ball too quickly for 5 minutes.
Shot on target by J. Enciso from 25 meters. Safe.
The Croatians play well collectively with above-average technique.
The Alsatians lack precision in certain counter-attack situations.
Yellow card for I. Doukouré for a shirt pulling.
Corner shot by V. Barco which does nothing.
Counter play by Amo-Ameyaw but he delays too much before looking for Panichelli. Corner.
Rolled strike from Amo-Ameyaw, it’s countered and it comes back to Barco who lights…well above.
Another good shot from Fruk but Penders is well placed.
Shot off target by T. Fruk
The match is played at a very high pace.
Center behind Panichelli but there is no one there.
The Alsatian striker is on fire this evening!!!
Nanasi serves Panichelli who controls perfectly to move towards the goal. His chained left shot is repelled by Zlomislic.
OOOHH!! What an opportunity for Panichelli who is alerted behind the defense. He tries a lob on the goal which came out to meet him but it was just wide.
Fruk tries a lob on Penders which was not in his goal. It’s a complete failure.
Cross from Nanasi for Panichelli at the far post. Zlomislic intervenes well in the air.
BThe action from Fruk who enters the area, hooks and hits with the left from close range. Penders is vigilant and pushes back.
THE BAR!!!
The double was not far away. On a pushed ball, Panichelli is at the entrance to the area and he hits the bar!!!
OOHHH!! Following the free kick, the ball dragged dangerously into the RCS area but ultimately, Fruk missed the target with an off-balance left strike.
Good work from Fruk on the left side. He gets an interesting free kick.
Rijeka tries to quickly put the ball in the Alsatian camp.
Ideal start to the match for the French.
Goal from J. Panichelli!!! GOOOAAAALLLL!!! First opportunity and first goal for the Alsatian striker. Nanasi crosses perfectly for Panichelli who takes the ball well into the area before deceiving the goal with the outside of his right foot. 1-0 for Strasbourg!!!
A Barco on each side in this match but on the Croatian side he is Peruvian and Argentinian on the Alsatian side.
Here we go!!! Rijeka kicks off.
Strasbourg are playing in black this evening.
Beautiful atmosphere in this small 8,000-seat stadium on the edge of the Adriatic Sea.
Both teams will enter the field.
Strasbourg must do the job from the first leg. They have a lot of ambitions
The Croats, who finished in 16th placee place in the league phase, eliminated the Cypriots of Omonia Nicosia in the play-offs.
First in the inaugural phase and undefeated in the competition, the Strasbourg side, still deprived of Diego Moreira and Emanuel Emegha, are favorites and hope to achieve a good result before returning to Meinau.
Hello and welcome to everyone to follow live this round of 16 first leg of the Conference League between Rijeka and Strasbourg, scheduled for 6:45 p.m. at the Rujevica stadium.