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Cyriel Dessers struck Feyenoord Rotterdam’s first and last goals as they earned a slender UEFA Europa Conference League semi-final first-leg lead after letting a 2-0 advantage slip Megasportsarena.com reports.
The Nigeria international took his goal tally to ten in this season’s UEFA Europa Conference League, the Feyenoord man profiting from a defensive blunder within seconds of the restart to give his side a lead to take to France.
Dessers passed up a fine early chance at one end, and Bamba Dieng went close twice at the other, before the Feyenoord man made the breakthrough, finishing low past Steve Mandanda after Luis Sinisterra helped feed the ball into his path. The Colombian made it 2-0 within three minutes, though his shot took a key deflection off Valentin Rongier.
OM did not despair for long, Dieng atoning for his earlier lapses as he angled in a terrific shot from the edge of the area, and it was 2-2 by the break. Ofir Marciano dived to palm away Matteo Guendouzi’s cross from the right, only for the oncoming Gerson to crash the loose ball in from ten metres out.
However, OM were in arrears again within seconds of the restart, Dessers chasing forward in hope from the kick-off and pouncing on an under-hit Duje Ćaleta-Car back-pass to reach ten goals for the season in the competition. It was all Feyenoord for a while, but Tyrell Malacia produced a brilliant challenge to thwart Dieng.
Mandanda then denied Dessers his third of the night, saving low at his near post with the Feyenoord forward unable to screw the loose ball into the net. William Saliba and Dieng had further chances to equalise, but it is hard to imagine that both sides will not have plenty of chances to add to their tallies in the second leg.
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