Inter Turku earn first-leg draw with Istanbul Basaksehir in Conference League

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/basaksehir-YqP5NmC1/inter-turku-QwkNUoNH/?mid=IR2Xi51b"]Istanbul Basaksehir 1-1 Inter Turku[/a][/b][/p][p]The final of this season's competition is due to be held at Besiktas Stadium, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/inter-turku/QwkNUoNH/"]Inter Turku[/a] earned themselves a much earlier trip to Istanbul by winning 3-2 on aggregate against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fk-sarajevo/MNOCxFD0/"]FK Sarajevo[/a] in the first qualifying round.[/p][p]The former Turkish Super Lig champions were supposed to be a daunting prospect for the Finnish side, but nobody told that to [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jephta-clinton/0zukbWcT/"]Clinton Jephta[/a], who found himself in space on the left when receiving [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tuominen-jasse/OYjTjfKh/"]Jasse Tuominen[/a]'s through ball before cutting onto his right foot and curling in the opening goal[/b] in the 16th minute.[/p][embed guid="2781647a-dd46-4198-89cb-1a7a0e86efb8" url="https://www.instagram.com/p/DbGt8yBK291/" social-type="instagram" /][p]It could have got better for the visitors soon after as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/conteh-alie/xryT2cjo/"]Alie Conteh[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kuittinen-luka/dIQZV73e/"]Luka Kuittinen[/a] had efforts on target, but the home side then began to grow into the game, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shomurodov-eldor/Ys7niGiq/"]Eldor Shomurodov[/a] - fresh from representing Uzbekistan at the World Cup - was one of four players to have a shot at goal before half-time.[/p][p][b]The equaliser was coming, and it finally arrived nine minutes into the second half, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sari-yusuf/QkgmZhPO/"]Yusuf Sari[/a]'s corner was headed in well by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bayram-emin/lYZyU3c1/"]Emin Bayram[/a].[/b][/p][p]Shomurodov and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brnic-ivan/Y1c5CgKc/"]Ivan Brnic[/a] continued to look lively for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sahin-nuri/IkCftsQm/"]Nuri Sahin[/a]'s side, who nearly won it in the dying seconds through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/opoku-jerome/QmK0xLYl/"]Jerome Opoku[/a], but FC Inter held on for a respectable draw to take back to Turku for the second leg on 30th July.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/europe/conference-league/"]Follow all the UECL qualifiers on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]