Despite the defeat, Gent end Pogon Szczecin's Europa Conference League [Qualifiers] dreams

Pogon Szczecin overcame Gent in a close win on Thursday, 2x1, in a match relating of the Europa Conference League [Qualifiers]. Hein van Haezebrouck's team beat Jens Gustafsson's team, 5x0, in the first leg of the tie. Efthymios Koulouris made a tremendous game.

The first-half ended with a goalless draw.

The first goal of the game was scored by Efthymios Koulouris, after 79 minutes. With this strike, Efthymios Koulouris reached 5th goals for the season. In the closing stages of the game, forward doubled the lead for Pogon Szczecin. Hugo Cuypers netted the last goal in stoppage time. Hugo Cuypers now on a scoring streak of 3 consecutive games.

Thanks to this result, Gent are through to the next round of the competition.