Half an hour had been played when Adam Lundqvist and Marius Lode were responsible for a lack of communication in the defense which meant that the visitors’ Sirlord Conteh only needed to intercept the ball and make it 1-0.
But Häcken responded quickly when Mikkel Rygaard finished a neat attack to make it 1-1. Valgeir Fridriksson was responsible for the introduction, but immediately afterwards he was forced to substitute due to injury.
Ten minutes into the second half, Layouni had a great chance to put his team in the lead, but he burned the chance.
– I got the ball back and thought to place it. But I got a miss or something because it flies to hell. It wasn’t fun, he tells SVT Sport.
Instead, it took another ten minutes before Leo Scienza decided for Heidenheim.
– It’s hard. I think we are the better team. I think we are the better team today. So it’s heavy right now. It’s fun that we can challenge them. We have a chance against everyone here on our home field, says Mikkel Rygaard.
At half-time, center back Johan Hammar was replaced due to an injury. He tells SVT Sport that it is a feared ligament injury and he will have an X-ray tomorrow, Friday.
The return is played in Germany in a week. The winners of the double meet play in the Europa Conference League this autumn, while the others do not reach Europe.
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