Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Europa League: The Road To Solna (In Sweden, That Is) Begins

The opening round of qualifying for the 2016-17 Europa League opened on Tuesday with four contests.

At Dublin, Ireland:

Chris Fagan scored the only goal of the match in the tenth minute as St. Patrick's Athletic took their series opener with Jeunesse Esch 1-0 at home.

At Skopje, Macedonia:

Eljif Elmas' equalizer in the 80th minute enabled Rabotnicki to salvage a series-opening 1-1 home draw with Buducnost Podgorica.  Velizar Janketic scored for the Montenegrin club in the 36th minute.

At Elbasan, Albania:

Slovan Bratislava gained a series-opening 0-0 road stalemate with Partizani Tirana.

At Baku, Azerbaijan:

Moldova's Dacia Chisinau gained a series-opening 0-0 road deadlock with Kapaz PFK.

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