Goore goal sees Gent take first-leg victory over Goteborg in Conference League

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/gent-MgkzUx7T/goteborg-UovQtopk/?mid=fmrS0Xkm"]IFK Goteborg 0-1 KAA Gent[/a][/b][/p][p]A change of manager had helped Goteborg turn around a first-leg deficit against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/levadia/zNmMkSLj/"]Levadia[/a] in the previous round, and though the honeymoon period under [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bjorklund-joachim/rw5TauH5/"]Björklund[/a] continued in Allsvenskan last time out, it would come under real pressure against the Belgian side.[/p][p]And so it proved in a first half dominated by the visitors, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-vlieger-tibe/GdxjeJ3c/"]Tibe De Vlieger[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vergara-ortega-josue-yamir/IgWIDqV8/"]Josue Vergara[/a] both brough fine saves out of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andersson-viktor-johan/84QSoKSf/"]Viktor Andersson[/a], before Gent finally made their pressure tell in the 45th minute.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/benes-laszlo/UsQXxleR/"]Laszlo Benes[/a] set [b]Hyllarion Goore on his way down the left side, and he was afforded far too much space by the Goteborg defence before cutting inside and seeing his shot take a big deflection to carry it past Andersson.[/b][/p][embed guid="64ac13cb-e2dd-459f-ba8c-3f710b432593" url="https://x.com/SwefootballEN/status/2085427971364364468" social-type="twitter" /][p]The home side showed improvement after the break, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bergmark-wiberg-adam/r3X0IcVa/"]Adam Bergmark-Wiberg[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/larsson-sam/tbFXGneF/"]Sam Larsson[/a] both went close, but the away side were soon back on top, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/araujo-tiago/KQLy27G9/"]Tiago Araujo[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/burgess-christian/SCEs1NGC/"]Christian Burgess[/a] both going close to doubling the advantage.[/p][p]In added time, Bergmark-Wiberg was inches away from being the Blavitt hero on two occasions, with one goalbound effort blocked and another going just over the bar, meaning Gent will be defending a narrow lead when the pair meet again in Belgium on 13th August, and are yet to concede in the UECL this season.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/europe/conference-league/"]Follow all the UECL qualifiers on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]