Лугано против ФК Кауно Жалгирис

Lugano beat Kauno Zalgiris 3-0 in the Conference League on Thursday night, and the game was effectively settled inside the first half hour. Three goals in 21 minutes did it. Yanis Cimignani opened the scoring in the 11th minute, running into the box and putting the ball into the bottom right corner after a pass from Daniel Dos Santos. Thirteen minutes later Ezgjan Alioski made it 2-0 when an Albian Ajeti shot hit the crossbar and the rebound fell to him. Dos Santos then got his own goal in the 32nd minute, finishing into the corner after a ball from Behruz Karimov. He did not come out for the second half. Anthony Kalik was booked for the visitors in the 13th minute. Lugano eased off after the break and Kauno Zalgiris came close to scoring near David von Ballmoos' goal, but the score stayed at 3-0. The win gives Lugano nine points from three games, level with Panathinaikos, Twente and Monaco but ahead on goal difference. Kauno Zalgiris are bottom of the table. Lugano visit St. Gallen on Sunday, then travel to Jablonec on 26 November.