Dissolve between primary story line and connected clip

Hi,
Situation: clip in the storyline followed with slug. On top of the slug a connected clip. I want to make a dissolve between the two clips. In 7 I just dragged the upper clip down to get them on the same track. What to do in X?

Hi Tom,
Thanks again. But I don't undertsand it completely. When I collapse it into the story line it gets messed up with another incoming clip. Well I'll just fiddle around a bit.

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