The last round of the league phase was played on Thursday, December 19 Conference Leagues. Fighting for places in the best eight included, among others: two Polish clubs – Legia Warszawa and Jagiellonia Białystok. Despite a 1-3 defeat against Djurgardens, the Military team finished in seventh place, which allowed them to advance directly to the 1/8 finals. In turn, the Pride of Podlasie drew goalless with Olimpija Ljubljana and fell from the “eight” to ninth place, which means appearances in the 1/16 finals.
Another goal by Krzysztof Piątek
Krzysztof Piątek has been in great shape in recent weeks, scoring another goal in Europe. In the last round of the Conference League, Basaksehir faced Cercle Brugge away. This match was very tight from the beginning, as shown by the number of three yellow cards shown in the first half of this match. This fight was rather even, and both teams had a chance to change the result. However, nothing came of it. Only the Polish representative opened the bag with goals.
In the 74th minute match The 29-year-old received a pass from Miguel Crespo and stoically placed the ball into the net. Piątek didn't mind the fact that there were two defenders and a goalkeeper standing in his way. The Pole fired a shot on the ground and thanks to that the Turks took the lead. It was his 19th goal of the 2023/24 season in all competitions. In the Conference League alone, he scored five goals.
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The goalkeeper saved Cercle Brugge at the end. Huge bad luck for Jagiellonia Białystok
The hosts responded to Krzysztof Piątek's goal only at the very end. Cercle Brugge equalized thanks to Paris Brunner. Ultimately more goals in this one match We didn't watch it. In added time, he came close to scoring the winning goal… Basaksehir goalkeeper. His vis-a-vis made a great defense.
This intervention gave Brugge eighth place and direct advancement to the 1/8 finals. If it weren't for the goalkeeper's brilliant defense at the end of the match, Jagiellonia Białystok would have taken the place of the Belgians. A 1-1 draw meant that Basaksehir finished the Conference League league stage in 26th place and was eliminated from the European competition.