Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Europa League Playoff Round: Easy Win For Nerozzurri; Dnipro Hold Off Hajduk Split In Series-Opening Win

Two games were played on Wednesday as the Europa League's playoff round commenced.

At Kiev, Ukraine:

In a contest that was moved from Dnipropetrovsk to the Ukrainian capital because of the ongoing conflict between the government and pro-Russian separatists, Nikola Kalinic (50') and Evgeniy Shakhov (88') each delivered a goal as FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk took the opening contest of their two-game series 2-1.  Tino Susic scored in the 47th minute to keep the Croatian club alive in the series.

At Reykjavik, Iceland:

Mauro Icardi (41'), Dodo (48'), and Danilo D'Ambrosio (89') each scored a goal as Inter Milan placed themselves in excellent shape for advancing to the group stage following their series-opening 3-0 road domination of Stjarnan.

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