The players of GNK Dinamo Zagreb said goodbye to the Europa League after a dramatic comeback against KRC Genk.
Although in Belgium they had 3-1 in the regular part and made up for the deficit from the first game, the match ended 3-3 after extra time, which gave Genk the overall 6-4 and placing in the round of 16.
Dinamo took the lead at the end of the first half. In the first minute of stoppage time Mounsef Bakrar he intercepted a poor pass by home goalkeeper Tobis Lawal and shot in from an angle for 1-0. Earlier, Bruno Goda shook the post with a powerful shot from twenty meters.
Genk equalized in the 52nd minute through Yire Sorabut five minutes later Dinamo regained the advantage. After a foul on Vidović, a penalty kick was awarded, and he was the sure scorer Luka Stojković for 2-1. In the 75th minute, the same player made a great shot from more than 20 meters 3-1 and thus nullified the defeat from Zagreb (1-3) and took the match to overtime.
In an additional 30 minutes, the host is still broke the resistance of the Croatian representative. Junya Ito scored in the 101st minute 3-2and the situation for Dinamo got even more complicated in the 104th minute when Stojkovicafter a VAR check, sent off for a tackle on Matteo Smets. With a player less, Dinamo is in the 114th minute received the third hit – the scorer for the final 3-3 was Daan Heymans.
The Blues played in Genk without the suspended Dion Drena Belja and the injured Arber Hoxha and Sergio Dominguez, but despite a brave performance, they were one step away from going further.
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