The Gantoise hosted Istanbul Basaksehir this Thursday evening in the round of 16 first leg of the Conference League, at the Ghelamco Arena.
The visitors, who for example line up our compatriot Adnan Januzaj and leave Lucas Biglia (ex-Anderlecht) on the bench, took the lead in the 16th minute following a header from Stefano Okakaformer member of the RSCA too (0-1). The people of Ghent were surprised and managed to react, through Malick Fofana (23rd) then Sven Cums (25e).
Ten minutes later, confusing him Gift Orban arises following a strikeHugo Cuypers and revives his formation perfectly in this part (1-1). It’s already the 20-year-old striker’s fifth goal since arriving at the end of January. Alessio Castro-Montes et Hong Hyun-seok will get opportunities at the end of the first period, without however scoring, while the Turkish club no longer even put their noses out the window.
