Borac Banja Luka 2–0 KuPS: first win in the Conference League league phase
Borac Banja Luka beat KuPS in the second round of the Conference League league phase. Stefan Savic and Matej Deket scored, and Borac claimed their first win in this year's European competition.
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Savic from a free kick, Roguljic's wasted run
Borac took the lead in the 29th minute. Savic struck a free kick, the ball deflected off Arti Lötjönen and wrong-footed KuPS goalkeeper Johannes Kreidl. Before the break, Ante Roguljic ran almost from his own penalty area, but instead of passing to the unmarked Juricic, he shot wide. Kreidl saved KuPS several times.
Deket's goal and a disallowed KuPS strike
Borac scored their second in the 50th minute. After a pass from Luka Juricic, Deket got past a KuPS defender and sent a left-footed shot from inside the box into the bottom corner. In stoppage time, referee Ivar Ori Kristjansson disallowed a KuPS goal because the opponents had taken a free kick before his signal.
Marinovic on the best performance of the season
Borac coach Vinko Marinovic said after the match that his team played very well and created many chances, and that the win came through an attacking approach from the first minute – this was conveyed by mondo.ba. According to glassrpske.com, he called it Borac's best performance of the season. He also admitted that in the first half the team did not always respond well to the opposition's attacks, but was not punished for it.
Borac's first points, KuPS's run ended
In the first round Borac lost 1–2 to Panathinaikos in Athens, so now they won for the first time in this year's European competition and took their first three points in the Conference League league phase. They scored in a fourth consecutive match. KuPS had scored in five consecutive games, but this time did not find the net. Before this match the Finnish side had won only one of their last 16 European games: six draws, nine defeats. In the Finnish league they were third after 27 rounds.