Fadinger hails 'amazing' winner as Well ease into new era

Lukas Fadinger hailed Motherwell's "amazing" winning goal against Hibernian as an example that they are sticking close to last season's successful template despite a change in management. The midfielder had slotted the visitors ahead from the penalty spot in their first game of the new Scottish Premiership season before watching admiringly as Ibrahim Said restored the advantage to finish off a sweeping counter-attack. "I think the second goal was amazing," the 25-year-old Austrian told BBC Scotland. "There's always the belief because I know how we performed last year. "We had so many changes. A lot of key players left us, new players came in. "I think, all in all, we are really pleased with the performance and I'm really proud of the whole team." Jens Berthel Askou moved to Toulouse this summer after leading Motherwell to a fourth-place finish, with Alfred Johansson his replacement. "I think we stick to our principles and it's not a real quick change," Fadinger suggested. "I think we did really well. The way we play, the style we play, it's not a big difference from last year." Having eased to a 5-0 aggregate win over HB Torshavn of the Faroe Islands, Fadinger expects a tougher challenge when Motherwell next visit HJK Helsinki in Conference League qualifying on Thursday. "I think all the Scandinavians are really good on the ball," he added. I think they will be good as well. "It will be a tough battle again, but I think we have really good chances to compete. For sure. They are for sure better."