Football|The home team’s lead goal was checked for almost five minutes.
HJK was a couple of minutes away from the next place in the third qualifying round of the Conference League, when the home team FK Dečić took a 2–1 lead in extra time and equalized the aggregate goal situation at the same time.
Video referees checked Alen Mašovićin scored a goal for almost five minutes before the referee deemed the goal accepted.
HJK still had an opportunity to decide the match. Extra time had been played for almost nine minutes, when Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan got through from the right but his effort went wide.
After a scoreless overtime match, the match will go to a penalty shootout.
HJK found himself in a difficult situation at the beginning of the away match when the home team FK Dečić took the lead in the 26th minute.
The opening goal of the match came from HJK’s point of view, unfortunately, from a small mistake. Santeri Hostikan after the fall Aapo Halme lost the ball, and FK Dečić’s Argentinian player Ian Puleio was able to take advantage of the gift. Puleio advanced towards the goal and accurately shot the ball into the goal past HJK’s Dutch goalkeeper Thijmen Nijhuisin. At the same time, FK Dečić leveled the pair of matches at 1–1.
For a long time, HJK seemed to be playing a really weak period, but managed to level three minutes before the break. Luke Plange shot the ball from twenty meters to the back corner of the goal.
For the first time, the home team was close to the goal in the 8th minute, when the Montenegrins created a scoring opportunity from the left side. The home team’s player got a header in front of the goal, but the header went straight towards Nijhuis.
HJK went into the second leg with exactly the same starting line-up as in the home match a week ago, which ended in a 1–0 victory. During the first half hour, HJK had only one goal-scoring attempt, and even that didn’t go towards the goal.
HJK switched to midfield for the second period Kevor Palumetsin Ozan Kokcun instead of, and Georgios Antzoulas replaced Halme. At the same time, the 24-year-old Greek couple made their debut in HJK. At the same time, the head coach Toni Korkeakunnas made a similar change to the line-up as last week, when Plange moved to the right wing and Kanellopoulos came into the ten spot.
In the 49th minute, Palumets was close to putting HJK in the lead after a corner kick, but the control missed the goal a bit. HJK’s best goal in the second period came in the 73rd minute, when Lee Erwin got through, but the home team’s goalkeeper saved Erwin’s shot well.
The match will be played at FK Sutjeska’s home stadium in Nikšić, 60 kilometers from the capital Podgorica. The away match could not be played at FK Dečić’s own home stadium in the small town of Tuzi with a few thousand inhabitants, nor in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro.
The story is updated.