With great excitement and thrilling matches, the third matchday of the League Phase of the Conference League kicked off!
Atalanta faced many challenges in their home match against Kairat and ultimately failed to secure the three points, settling for a 1-1 draw with the team from Kazakhstan. The visitors opened the scoring in the 53rd minute with a goal by Gwal, while the Bergamaschi, who remain stuck in 16th place in the standings, at least managed to score the equalizer in the 82nd minute, courtesy of Krstović.
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Red Star came very close to a home upset in their match against Inter Escaldes from Andorra, as they fell behind on a goal in the 62nd minute, but managed to turn the game around with two goals in the “final stretch” of the match. First, Lucic equalized in the 82nd minute, while the 2-1 win came in the 2nd minute of stoppage time, thanks to an own goal by Diaz.
Lincoln from Gibraltar celebrated a historic 1-0 victory over Hajduk, following an own goal in the 89th minute of the match, while Ajax crushed Midtjylland in Denmark with a resounding 6-1 victory! Salah’s Trabzonspor lost 1-0 at home to Freiburg, whom Panathinaikos will face in Matchday 5, while Mjällby remained near the top of the standings after a 2-0 victory over Borac Banja Luka.
Finally, the Aarhus-Braga and Kuopio-Ghent matches ended in 0-0 draws, while Thun secured its first victory, defeating Hearts 3-1, leaving Hearts with just one point.
Matchday 3 fixtures:
Thursday, April
5, 7:45 p.m.
- Aarhus–Braga 0–0
- Atalanta vs. Kairat Almaty 1-1
- Midtjylland–Ajax 1–6
- Thun vs. Hearts 3-1
- Red Star Belgrade vs. Inter Escaldes 1-1
- Kuopio vs. Ghent 0-0
- Lincoln Red Imps vs. Hajduk Split 1-0
- Mjällby vs. Borac 2-0
- Trabzonspor vs. Freiburg 0-1
10:00 p.m.
- Monaco vs. Nordsjælland
- Copenhagen vs. Iveria Tbilisi
- Lugano vs. Kaunas Žalgiris
- Twente vs. Paphos
- Getafe vs. Brighton
- Sint-Truiden vs. Brann
- Panathinaikos vs. CSKA Sofia
- Riga vs. Jablonec
- Universitatea Craiova vs. Egnatia
*photo source: KYPE
