FC Twente open Conference League campaign with win over FC Thun

FC Twente opened their Conference League campaign with a 1-0 home win over Swiss side FC Thun, scoring soon after the visitors were reduced to ten men in the second half. [1]

Twente thought they had taken the lead in the 24th minute through Daouda Weidmann, but the goal was ruled out after a VAR review found a foul by the French forward. The hosts came close again before the break but failed to score.

The turning point came in the final half-hour. The referee initially booked Twente’s Ramiz Zerrouki for a tackle on Thun midfielder Patrik Kristal, then reviewed the incident on the VAR monitor. He reversed the decision and sent Kristal off, ruling that Kristal had stood on Zerrouki’s leg. Zerrouki scored the winning goal shortly afterwards. [1]