3 – 1
“Damir Hrelja turned the ball into his own net to give Víkingur Reykjavík the lead, the culmination of sustained Icelandic pressure that had already forced three corners in the opening quarter-hour.”
Pivotal“Sebastián Herrera Cardona restored parity for Borac Banja Luka shortly after the restart, cancelling out the Víkingur advantage and shifting the psychological momentum firmly in the hosts' favour.”
Pivotal“Just three minutes after Víkingur threw on three substitutes in a desperate attempt to regain control, Luka Juricic punished the momentary disorganisation by firing Borac ahead with an assist from Nemanja Jaksic — a goal that ultimately decided the tie.”
PivotalBorac Banja Luka pulled off a commanding second-leg comeback at home, overturning a Víkingur Reykjavík lead to advance in the Europa Conference League qualifying. The Icelandic visitors dominated possession — an extraordinary 89 percent of the ball — and created enough dangerous attacks to threaten, but their seven shots produced not a single effort on target, an extraordinary waste of territorial control. Borac, by contrast, were ruthlessly efficient: five of their eleven shots hit the target, and they converted twice in a crucial 12-minute second-half window. Damir Hrelja's unfortunate own goal handed Víkingur a 17th-minute lead that threatened to derail the hosts, but Sebastián Herrera Cardona levelled just after the hour and Luka Juricic's 67th-minute strike — set up by Nemanja Jaksic moments after a triple Víkingur substitution disrupted the flow — proved the decisive blow. The result is a significant milestone for Borac, whose European campaign continues, while Víkingur's exit will sting given how much of the ball they controlled across both legs.
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