Leicester And Braga Closed The Group Stage With An Identical 2-0 Win

Cengiz Under (left) celebrates with his colleagues after opening up the lead over AEK Athens (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Leicester City and Braga closed the Europa League group phase by winning 2-0 in the Group G final series of matches which took place on Thursday European time (Friday WIB).

According to Antara, Leicester, who hosted AEK Athens at the King Power Stadium, won 2-0 thanks to the two goals they scored in the first 14 minutes of the match.

On loan from AS Roma, Cengiz Under, opened Leicester's lead with a volley to greet Youri Tielemans' cross in the 12th minute.

Two minutes later Leicester immediately doubled their lead with a cross that was able to be pursued by Harvey Barnes, who then took a stab and turned his shot at defender Ionut Nedelcearu to outwit goalkeeper Panagiotis Tsintotas.

Leicester actually continued to bombard the visitors' defense with at least 14 more attempted shots, but none of these resulted in a goal and the 2-0 score lasted until the cue of dispersal.

In another match that took place at the Municipal de Braga Stadium, Portugal, the hosts Braga were able to win thanks to two quick goals they scored midway through the second half against Zorya Luhansk.

Braga initially had the opportunity to open the scoring in the 56th minute through Joao Novais, but his free kick still hit the crossbar.

In the 61st minute, Braga finally managed to break the deadlock when Wenderson Galeno's shot hit Joel Abu Hanna and lodged into Zorya's own goal.

Seven minutes later, Ricardo Horda completed Iuri Medeiros 'pass to double the hosts' lead.

These results make Leicester lock into the top position of Group G with an aggregate advantage over Braga even though both teams have both collected 13 points.

Meanwhile, Zorya finished third with three points ahead of AEK who was the caretaker with a collection of only three points.