Video highlights Lugano is shown up by Backa Topola - Bottani sees red

Linus Hämmerli

7.11.2024

Lugano suffers its first defeat in the third game of the Conference League. The Ticino team lost 1:4 to the underdog Backa Topola in northern Serbia.

Lugano's slip-up against FK TSC from Backa Topola, who had previously scored no points and no goals, was not to be expected. However, the first defeat and the first goals conceded by the Swiss champions in the competition's new league system were deserved, given the strength of the field in Backa Topola's small but attractive stadium. Petar Stanic and Milos Pantovic each scored twice for the home team, while Mahmoud Belhadj only briefly reduced the deficit for Lugano to 1:2.

Lugano's weak opening phase in particular proved to be their undoing. The Superliga side, who were without in-form attacker Ignacio Aliseda but otherwise rotated very little, were 0:1 down after just four minutes. The score was 0:6 after a quarter of an hour and 1:11 after 30 minutes from the visitors' perspective.

Stanic gave the hosts, who were clearly the better side in the early stages, the lead after four minutes with a magnificent shot from 19 meters into the far corner. The supposedly timely equalizer by Hicham Mahou with the first chance did not count due to offside, and the 1-2 by Belhadj after an hour did not last a minute.

Lugano's battle for a place in the top eight and a direct place in the round of 16 continues in three weeks' time with a home game against Gent. The Belgians picked up their second win against Omonia Nicosia (1-0) on Thursday.

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Backa Topola - Lugano 4:1 (1:0)

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Goals: 4. Stanic 1:0. 59. Pantovic 2:0. 61. Belhadj 2:1. 62. Stanic (Stevanovic) 3:1. 83. Pantovic (Cirkovic) 4:1.

Backa Topola: Ilic; Jovanovic, Djordjevic, Stevanovic, Petrovic; Radin; Djakovac (72. Pejic), Stanic; Banjac (82. Sos), Pantovic (90. Mboungou), Cirkovic.

Lugano: Saipi; Brault-Guillard, Papadopoulos, Hajdari, Marques (64. Valenzuela); Grgic (82. Przybylko), Belhadj (64. Bottani); Steffen, Dos Santos (64. Bislimi), Mahou (73. Cimignani); Vladi.

Remarks: 89th red card against Bottani. Cautions: 46 Radin (suspended for next match), 57 Cirkovic, 58 Belhadj, 70 Hajdari, 70 Jovanovic.

TSC Backa Topola

Completed
4:1
(1:0)

FC Lugano

  • Petar Stanic - 1:0 (4.)
  • Milos Pantovic - 2:0 (59.)
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  • Petar Stanic - 3:1 (62.)
  • Milos Pantovic - 4:1 (83.)
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  • (61.) 2:1 - Hadj Mahmoud
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    Backa Topola hits the post - Lugano in luck

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    Stanić puts Backa Topola in the lead with a hammer

  • 90.+5.
    End of 2nd half
  • 90.+2.
    Substitution in TSC Backa Topola

    Prestige Mboungou

    Striker

  • 90.+2.
    Substitution out TSC Backa Topola

    Milos Pantovic

    Striker

  • 90.
    Yellow card TSC Backa Topola

    Bence Sós

  • 90.
    Red card FC Lugano (direct)

    Mattia Bottani

  • 83.
    Goal for TSC Backa Topola, 4:1 through Milos Pantovic (Aleksandar Cirkovic)

    Milos Pantovic

    Striker

    Assist: Aleksandar Cirkovic

    Striker

  • 82.
    Substitution in TSC Backa Topola

    Bence Sós

    Striker

  • 82.
    Substitution out TSC Backa Topola

    Mihajlo Banjac

    Striker

  • 82.
    Substitution in FC Lugano

    Kacper Przybylko

    Striker

  • 82.
    Substitution out FC Lugano

    Anto Grgic

    Midfielder

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    Substitution in FC Lugano

    Yanis Cimignani

    Midfielder

  • 73.
    Substitution out FC Lugano

    Hicham Mahou

    Midfielder

  • 72.
    Substitution in TSC Backa Topola

    Aleksa Pejic

    Midfielder

  • 72.
    Substitution out TSC Backa Topola

    Ifet Djakovac

    Midfielder

  • 70.
    Yellow card TSC Backa Topola

    Stefan Jovanovic

  • 69.
    Yellow card FC Lugano

    Albian Hajdari

  • 63.
    Substitution in FC Lugano

    Mattia Bottani

    Midfielder

  • 63.
    Substitution out FC Lugano

    Hadj Mahmoud

    Midfielder

  • 63.
    Substitution in FC Lugano

    Milton Valenzuela

    Defender

  • 63.
    Substitution out FC Lugano

    Martim Marques

    Defender

  • 63.
    Substitution in FC Lugano

    Uran Bislimi

    Midfielder

  • 63.
    Substitution out FC Lugano

    Daniel Dos Santos

    Midfielder

  • 62.
    Goal for TSC Backa Topola, 3:1 through Petar Stanic (Aleksandar Cirkovic)

    Petar Stanic

    Midfielder

    Assist: Aleksandar Cirkovic

    Striker

  • 61.
    Goal for FC Lugano, 2:1 through Hadj Mahmoud

    Hadj Mahmoud

    Midfielder

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    Goal for TSC Backa Topola, 2:0 through Milos Pantovic

    Milos Pantovic

    Striker

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    Yellow card FC Lugano

    Hadj Mahmoud

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    Yellow card TSC Backa Topola

    Aleksandar Cirkovic

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    Yellow card TSC Backa Topola

    Milán Rádin

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    Kick-off 2nd half
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    End of 1st half
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    Goal for TSC Backa Topola, 1:0 through Petar Stanic

    Petar Stanic

    Midfielder

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    Start of the match