Cercle de Bruges and Vikingur Reykjavik are tied, 1-1, this Thursday afternoon at Kopavogsvollur in Kopavogur, Iceland, at halftime of their duel counting for the second day of the Conference League.
A ball recovered by Kevin Denkey following a too-soft throw-in allowed the Togolese to open the scoring to Kazeem Olaigbe in the 16th minute.
But the Icelanders’ reaction was immediate: 1-1, by Ari Sigurpalsson (17th) with no one scoring. A magnificent shot into the top corner.
Le Cercle defended poorly in this phase and their coach Miron Muslic was unable to hide his frustration.
A ball saved on the line and a missed penalty
The Bosnian, however, had nothing to complain about at half-time, Danijel Djuric having in fact fired a penalty on the crossbar after a (slight) foul by Jonas Lietaert, last man, who fortunately was not excluded, in added time (45th + 3).
And the debutant Dalangunypole Gomis had previously ruled out a ball hit by Ari Sigurpalsson on the line, which was going to cross it, in the 41st…