Lincoln Red Imps historic qualification to the UEFA Champions League 2nd QF Round

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It was an historic day not only for Lincoln Red Imps, also for Gibraltar football as Lincoln recorded an amazing away win coming from behind vs FC Santa Coloma from Andorra, The match was played at Estadi Comunal and FC Santa Coloma went ahead in the score thanks to Ildefons Lima in the 44th minute, in the 2nd half Lincoln played with fighting spirit and they equalized early in the 48th minute thanks to a goal scored by Bardon, Lincoln kept pressing and they scored the 2nd goal thanks to Casciaro, it was the 1st time ever that a Gibraltarian club was winning a UEFA competition match, Lincol did an intelligent match as they kept at bay the Andorran side.

At the end the final whistle was blown by the referee and history was made, Lincoln became the 1st team from Gibraltar to progress of stage in any UEFA competition.

Now Lincoln will face Danish champions FC Midtjylland and they hope to repeat this same excellent performance.

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES

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