Wisla Krakow (1) 4 -
Zaragoza (4) 1 (Wisla win 4-3 on penalties)
Zaragoza: Juanmi;
Pablo, Aguado, Paco, Lanna; Acuña, Aragón; Juanele, Marcos Vales
(Vellisca 65'), Garitano (José Ignacio 95'); Peternac (Yordi 75').
4-2-3-1.
Goals: 0-1. 05.
Baszcinski (own goal). Headed Aragón's cross into his own net. 1-1.
50. Kelechi. Cross cum shot which Juanmi could only half stop. 2-1. 53.
Frankowski. Shot over keeper's hands as he dived. 3-1. 60. Moskal. Strong
shot which went through keeper's hands. 4-1. 88. Frankowski. Goalmouth
scramble on the third attempt.
Zaragoza incredibly lost
this tie which they were leading by 5-1 with 45 minutes to go. After a 4-1
first leg in Zaragoza against the semi-amateur team, Juanma Lillo was confident
of going through, and he rested key players, bringing in Aragón in
midfield, with Peternac returning up front. After five minutes they extended
their lead with a silly own goal by the Wisla defence, and during the rest of
the first half they could have scored two or three more as their forwards
constantly missed their chances.
At half time Wisla made
three changes, and one of the new players Kelechi levelled the scores after a
mistake by Juanmi, who turned the ball into his own net instead of out for a
corner. There was more to come though, and within the next 10 minutes two more
errors by the usually reliable keeper put the home team within a goal of the
Spaniards. Vellisca could have ended it but his shot went over the bar, and
with two minutes to go Frankowski scrambled the ball over the line. Lillo held
his head in his hands (he probably will literally in a few days), and after
Juanele missed a couple of chances in extra time, the game progressed to the
penalty shoot out. Aragón, Acuña and Yordi scored but Juanele
missed, and when José Ignacio put his shot over the bar they had lost
4-3. An unbelievable result, and the economic repercussions for Zaragoza, who
just missed out on a Champions League place last season, could be important.
More so their morale however, and they could be the first to change their
manager this season. |