We can imagine the mobilizing speech at half-time, the collective desire to tell ourselves that everything is still possible, that this small late goal is nothing with still 45 minutes left to push… And barely 10 seconds after the shot sending, patatras.
This is the mishap that befell the FC Midtjylland players on Thursday evening during their Europa League match against Steaua Bucharest. Trailing 1-0 at the break, the Danes conceded a second goal at the start of the second half, with it must be said an unusual strategy. The player who took the throw-in passed the ball directly to his goalkeeper, while almost all the other players, including the defenders, were at the halfway line to throw themselves very quickly into the opposing camp.
Except the ball never arrived. Poor Olafsson was surprised by Birligea’s pressing, who managed to block the ball. All he had to do then was push it into the empty goal.
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The Danes were never able to catch up, and ultimately lost two goals to zero on the pitch in Bucharest. This victory allows Steaua to secure a place in the top 8 of the competition halfway through this first phase, just ahead of OL, while Midtjylland falls to 13th place.
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