elfsborg and standard share the spoils published: thursday 3 october 2013, 23.15cet
if elfsborg 1-1 r. standard de liège
with new coach klas ingesson making his debut in the dugout, the swedish side were held at home by their belgian opponents.
by sujay dutt from borås arena
if elfsborg and r. standard de liège got off the mark in group c as the two teams played out a 1-1 draw in boras.
after suffering opening-day defeats, both sides were keen to pick up their first points of the campaign. viktor claesson's curler put the hosts ahead midway through the first half, before geoffrey mujangi bia volleyed in to level with 28 minutes to go.
coach klas ingesson was making his debut in the elfsborg dugout, and the former swedish international saw his side take immediate control of proceedings. a minute into the contest, lasse nilsson unleashed a low volley that standard keeper eiji kawashima did well to keep out at the near post.
elfsborg kept pushing on. captain anders svensson tried his luck from distance several times without success, but the swedes eventually broke the deadlock from a 23rd-minute corner. stefan ishizaki rolled the ball back for claesson, who curled a shot into the top corner of the visitors' goal. ishizaki then went close himself on the cusp of half-time, with a long-range effort that kawashima just about managed to control.
in the second half, elfsborg took their foot off the accelerator and standard made them pay for it. with 62 minutes gone, imoh ezekiel timed his run perfectly to collect a long through ball, crossed perfectly from the left, and mujangi bia gleefully volleyed an equaliser past keeper kevin stuhr-ellegaard.
elfsborg next host esbjerg fb on 24 october, while standard travel to group leaders fc salzburg.
yardımcı hakemler: nicolas danos (fra), guillaume debart (fra)
4. hakem: stephan luzi (fra)
çizgi hakemleri: nicolas rainville (fra), olivier thual (fra)
elfsborg: kevin stuhr-ellegaard(gk), jon jönsson, johan larsson, anders svensson (c), lasse nilsson (dk. 86 simon hedlund), sebastian holmen, andreas klarström, viktor claesson (dk. 70 joackim jørgensen), stefan ishizaki, marcus rohdén, mikkel beckmann (dk. 76 mohamed bangura)
yedekler: abbas hassan (gk), stefan larsson, daniel mobaeck, henning hauger
teknik direktör: klas ingesson (swe)
standard liège: eiji kawashima (gk), ronnie stam, yoni buyens (dk. 46 william vainqueur), michy batshuayi (dk. 79 reza ghoochanneijhad), kanu, mehdi carcela-gonzález (dk. 63 paul-josé mpoku), dino arslanagic, jelle van damme (c), imoh ezekiel, geoffrey mujangi bia, alpaslan ozturk
yedekler: anthony moris (gk), daniel opare, laurent ciman, ibrahima cisse
group c sıra...takım...o...g...b...m...a...y...av...p
1. fc salzburg...2...2...0...0...6...1...5...6 2. esbjerg fb...2...1...0...1...3...3...0...3 3. ıf elfsborg...2...0...1...1...1...5...-4...1 4. r. standard de liège...2...0...1...1...2...3...-1...1
