Lech Poznań - Djurgårdens IF 2:0

The objective was to make history, once again. Two weeks ago, Lech became the first Polish club in 32 years to win the first knockout round of European competition. Now, John van den Brom and his players wanted to aim even higher – that is, for the Europa Conference League quarterfinals. In order to achieve that, they need to eliminate the Swedish Djurgårdens IF for whom the season has just begun.

In the first 30 minutes of the Thursday match, neither of the sides dominated. Both the hosts and the opponents got one goal-scoring opportunity. Filip Szymczak came close to scoring for Lech, but the Swedish keeper intervened confidently.

Gradually, Lech started causing problems for Djurgården’s defensive line and their effort bore fruit. Mikael Ishak was fouled close to the penalty area. Joel Pereira converted the set piece into a beautiful cross which Antonio Milić redirected into the back of the net with his head. It was the defender’s second goal this week.

In the following minutes, Michał Skóraś and Mikael Ishak tried to surprise the Swedish goalkeeper, but their attempts were off target. Meanwhile, Radosław Murawski’s strong shot from a distance was more precise, however, this time Widell Zetterström intervened. Finally, in the 82^nd minute, Lech found the back of the net for the second time. Filip Marchwiński’s pressing paid off as the young forward recovered the ball in Djurgården’s box and beat the keeper with a flat, precise shot.

The second leg is scheduled for Thursday, March 16th, at 6:45 pm (Tele2 Arena in Stockholm).

Lech Poznań - Djurgårdens IF 2:0 (1:0)

Goals: Milić (39.), Marchwiński (82.)

Yellow cards: Murawski, Ishak - Moros Gracia, Edvardsen

Lech Poznań: Filip Bednarek - Joel Pereira, Filip Dagerstål, Antonio Milić, Pedro Rebocho - Michał Skóraś, Radosław Murawski, Jesper Karlström, Afonso Sousa (72. Adriel Ba Loua), Filip Szymczak (76. Filip Marchwiński) - Mikael Ishak

Djurgårdens IF: Jacob Widell Zetterström - Piotr Johansson, Carlos Moros Gracia (77. Jesper Löfgren), Marcus Danielson, Pierre Bengtsson - Joel Asoro (83. Haris Radetinac), Magnus Eriksson, Besard Šabović (69. Hampus Finndell), Oliver Berg, Gustav Wikheim - Victor Edvardsen (83. Jacob Bergström)