Qarabağ FK – Lech Poznań 5:1

Following the modest, 1:0 win at home the other week, Lech flew to Baku with hopes of eliminating their opponent from Azerbaijan. In the 19^th second of the match, Kristoffer Velde got the hopes even higher as he found the back of the net.

Unfortunately, Lech failed to hold onto the score for long – within the next 15 minutes, Kady managed to beat goalkeeper Rudko. Following the equalizer, the match became more balanced, and the two sides exchanged blows. However, as time passed, the hosts started dominating more and more and before the referee announced halftime, they changed the score to 2:1 thanks to Filip Ozobić.

The second half looked much worse for Lech as they performed poorly and made numerous mistakes in the defense. Although Qarabağ scored their third goal from a clear offside that the referees failed to notice, the following two goals – from Kady and Abbas Huseynov – emphasized that the Azerbaijan team was a much better side in the two-leg clash.

As a result, Lech has been eliminated from the Champions League qualifiers. However, they still have a chance to play in the group phase of European competition, more precisely – the Conference League. Next week, they will face the winner of the clash between Slovan Bratislava and Dinamo Batumi.

Qarabağ FK – Lech Poznań 5:1 (2:1)

Goals: Kady (14., 74.), Filip Ozobic (42.), Kevin Medina (56.), Abbas Huseynov (77.) - Kristoffer Velde (1.)

Qarabağ FK: Shachrudin Mahammadaliyev - Marko Vesović (66. Abbas Huseynov), Maksym Medviediev, Kevin Medina, Elvin Cafarguliyev (76. Toral Bajramov) – Kady Borges, Richard Almeida, Filip Ozobić (76. Kwabena Kowusu), Marko Janković (83. Ismayil Ibrahimli), Abdellah Zoubir - Ibrahima Wadji (66. Ramil Shemadayev).

Lech Poznań: Artur Rudko – Joel Pereira, Lubomir Satka, Antonio Milic, Pedro Rebocho (85. Barry Douglas) – Kristoffer Velde, Radosław Murawski (85. Filip Marchwiński), Joao Amaral (72. Filip Szymczak), Jesper Karlstrom (85. Nika Kvekveskiri), Michał Skóraś (72. Giorgi Tsitaishvili) – Mikael Ishak.