Livingston still have some hard work to do if they are to reach the first
round of the UEFA Cup after they were held to a draw by Liechtenstein
minnows Vaduz.
After squandering a number of chances in the first half, the Scottish side
finally broke the deadlock six minutes after the restart through Oscar Rubio.
Livingston were award a free-kick on the edge of the area, and Gary Bollan's
shot was spilled by Vaduz goalkeeper Romuald Peiser into the path of Rubio who
tapped in.
But Vaduz - who play their league football in the Swiss second division due to
there being no professional Liechtenstein league - levelled through Frank
Burgmeier 10 minutes later.
Burgmeier latched on to a long ball and played a one-two with Vaidotas Slekys
before shooting from 10 yards into the bottom left corner.
With an away goal under their belt, Livingston remain favourites to advance
but they will want to avoid the kind of scares which almost saw Vaduz awarded a
penalty in the first half.
Eugene Dadi had missed two good chances for the Scottish side when Rubio
appeared to pull Moreno Merenda's shirt as Vaduz attacked just before the
break.
However, Bosnian referee Sinisa Zrnic waved away appeals from the home
players.
Livingston almost took the lead as early as the second minute when Barry
Wilson saw a header cleared off the line by Martin Stocklasa.
Dadi went close in the 27th minute before drawing a good save from Peiser
eight minutes later.
After the two sides traded goals in the second half, Vaduz continued to play
above themselves as they continued to ask the West Lothian side questions.
Burgmeier surged past three defenders before unleashing a shot from 10 yards,
but Javier Broto saved comfortably.
Slekys also had a good chance in the 66th minute when he attempted to lob
Broto, but the keeper got back to make the save.
Teams:
FC Vaduz: Peiser, Martin Stocklasa, Brugnoli, Slekys,
Obhafuosa, Perez (Gerster 90), Burgmeier (Beck 81), Zarn,
Telser, Niederhauser, Merenda (Polverino 90).
Subs Not Used: Silva, Walz, Buchel, Michael Stocklasa.
Booked: Brugnoli, Obhafuosa.
Goals: Burgmeier 61.
Livingston: Broto, Brinquin, Bollan, Rubio, Bahoken,
Wilson (Hart 75), Makel, Quino, Camacho (Bingham 46), Zarate,
Dadi (Xausa 72).
Subs Not Used: McEwan, Fullarton, Toure-Maman, Brittain.
Booked: Bollan, Rubio, Wilson, Dadi.
Goals: Rubio 51.
Att: 1,322
Ref: Sinisa Zrnic (Bosnia-Herzegovina).
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