Franklin Sasere made his Europa League debut in Lugano’s 1-0 defeat to FC Copenhagen on Thursday.
Having watched action from the bench in his Swiss outfit’s last outing at Malmo FF, the forward eventually made his bow against the Danish topflight side.
Nicolaj Thomsen’s 27th minute effort was the only goal of the tight Group B encounter as Maurizio Jacobacci’s team crashed out with a game to spare.
Despite dominating possession, Lugano were made to pay dearly for missing several scoring opportunities as the visitors converted one of their three shots on target.