Conference League Successful start: Lugano confidently beats Helsinki 3:0

Lugano kicked off their Conference League campaign with a deserved 3-0 win against Finnish underdogs HJK Helsinki.

Antonios Papadopoulos scored with a long-range shot from around 25 meters after half an hour, Martim Marques scored on the follow-up after just under an hour and Daniel Dos Santos in stoppage time in exile in Thun.

The superior Ticino side, who have great ambitions in the European Cup, missed further chances. Mattia Bottani hit the far post with a shot in the 9th minute, Uran Bislimi made it 1-0 after a quarter of an hour from close range and Renato Steffen shot over the goal from around seven meters before taking the lead.

Despite the missed chances, Lugano's "home win" in the sparsely filled Stockhorn Arena, more than two hours away by bus, was never in danger. In the coming rounds, however, the resistance is likely to be greater. "Of our opponents, there are three teams with a lot of quality and roughly the same level as us. Helsinki is probably the team we really want to beat," said Lugano coach Mattia Croci-Torti in the run-up to the game.

Lugano next travel to Mlada Boleslav on October 24. The Czechs started with a 2-0 defeat against Noah Yerevan in Armenia. The other opponents will be Backa Topola (away), Gent (home), Legia Warsaw (a) and Pafos from Cyprus (h).

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Lugano - HJK Helsinki 3:0 (1:0)

Thun. - SR Dickinson (SCO). - Goals: 34. Papadopoulos 1:0. 56. Marques 2:0. 92. Dos Santos 3:0.

Lugano: Saipi; Zanotti, Papadopoulos, Hajdari, Marques (88. El Wafi); Bislimi (65. Dos Santos), Grgic, Belhadj (77. Doumbia); Steffen, Bottani (65. Przybylko), Aliseda (65. Mahou).

HJK Helsinki: Nijhuis; Lyons-Foster, Antzoulas, O'Shaughnessy, Pallas; Bandé, Kökcü (88. Meriluoto), Halme (60. Palumets), Kanellopoulos (75. Tanaka), Hostikka (60. Möller); Erwin (75. Plange).

Remarks: Lugano without Valenzuela and Vladi (both injured). Cautions: 8. Hajdari.

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Completed

3:0

(1:0)

HJK

• Antonios Papadopoulos - 1:0 (34.)
• Martim Marques - 2:0 (56.)
• Daniel Dos Santos - 3:0 (90.+2.)

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91.
Goal Lugano 3:0 through Dos Santos
56.
Goal Lugano 2:0 through Marques
34.
Goal Lugano 1:0 through Papadopoulos
9.
Bottani only hits the post
90.+5.
End of 2nd half
90.+2.
Goal for FC Lugano, 3:0 through Daniel Dos Santos (Kacper Przybylko)
Daniel Dos Santos
Midfielder

Assist: Kacper Przybylko
Striker
88.
Substitution in HJK
Kai Meriluoto
Striker
88.
Substitution out HJK
Ozan Kökcü
Midfielder
88.
Substitution in FC Lugano
Ayman El Wafi
Defender
88.
Substitution out FC Lugano
Martim Marques
Defender
77.
Substitution in FC Lugano
Ousmane Doumbia
Midfielder
77.
Substitution out FC Lugano
Hadj Mahmoud
Midfielder
75.
Substitution in HJK
Luke Plange
Striker
75.
Substitution out HJK
Lee Erwin
Striker
75.
Substitution in HJK
Atomu Tanaka
Midfielder
75.
Substitution out HJK
Giorgos Kanellopoulos
Midfielder
65.
Substitution in FC Lugano

Hicham Mahou
Midfielder
65.
Substitution out FC Lugano
Ignacio Aliseda
Striker
65.
Substitution in FC Lugano
Daniel Dos Santos
Midfielder
65.
Substitution out FC Lugano
Uran Bislimi
Midfielder
65.
Substitution in FC Lugano

Kacper Przybylko
Striker
65.
Substitution out FC Lugano
Mattia Bottani
Striker
60.
Substitution in HJK
Liam Moller
Midfielder
60.
Substitution out HJK
Santeri Hostikka
Midfielder
60.
Substitution in HJK
Kevor Palumets
Midfielder
60.
Substitution out HJK
Aapo Halme
Midfielder
56.
Goal for FC Lugano, 2:0 through Martim Marques
Martim Marques
Defender
46.
Kick-off 2nd half
45.+3.
End of 1st half
34.
Goal for FC Lugano, 1:0 through Antonios Papadopoulos (Anto Grgic)
Antonios Papadopoulos
Defender

Assist: Anto Grgic
Midfielder
8.
Yellow card FC Lugano
Albian Hajdari
1.
Start of the match

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