HB Koge Miss Chance To Close In On Knockout Spot After Leuven Draw
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HB Koge were held to a 1-1 draw away to OH Leuven in the Women's Champions League despite dominating and creating far more chances.
The draw leaves HB Koge 10th with four points from four games, still in contention...
Despite controlling large parts of the game and carving out chance after chance in Belgium, HB Koge could not turn their dominance into three points. The Danish champions were forced to share the spoils in a 1-1 stalemate, although the result still keeps them firmly in the hunt for a place in the Women's Champions League knockout phase play-off.
Koge travelled to Leuven on Wednesday night full of confidence, but returned home frustrated after being held to a draw by the Belgian hosts.
The result leaves the Danish champions on four points from their opening four games, while Leuven remain rooted to the foot of the table on just two points.
Leuven broke the deadlock in the 79th minute, but Koge hit back almost instantly to restore parity.
Koge went into the game as strong favourites, and they lived up to that billing for long spells, dictating play and fashioning far more opportunities than the home side.
Veteran striker Nadia Nadim was at the heart of much of their attacking threat, getting herself into several promising positions, but she was unable to find her usual ruthless finishing touch.
It was the hosts who struck first instead, with Jada Conijnenberg rising highest to head home a superb cross, punishing a Danish backline that was caught napping.
Koge refused to leave empty-handed, though, and salvaged a point when Simone Boye powered in a header eight minutes from time.
That point keeps HB Koge in 10th place among the 18 teams in the competition. The top four go straight through to the quarter-finals, while the sides finishing 5th to 12th will contest the round of 16.
Koge now turn their attention to a trip to Paris FC on 19 November, before wrapping up the group stage at home to Benfica on 16 December.
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