The Croats reduced the gap through Dion Beljo (45th), who will be suspended for the return match in Genk on Thursday February 26 at 9:00 p.m.
Before kick-off, Dinamo coach Mario Kovacevic claimed that Genk were a fast and tricky team. It did not take long for the Limburgers to confirm this analysis. From a Kos Karetsas corner, Heynen, completely free, opened the scoring with a header (15th, 0-1).
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The Limburgers quickly doubled the stake with a confident El Ouahdi. The Moroccan defender dribbled past the defense after recovering the ball following a shot from Aaron Bibout blocked by the Croatian defense (21st, 0-2). After these two hard blows, Dinamo gradually gained strength. If Tobias Lawal had a nice reflex on an attempt from Beljo (42nd), he remained motionless when the Croatian striker struck at point blank range on a back ball from Fran Topic (45th, 1-2).
