Tuesday, July 09, 2013

Europa League: Rudar Pljevlja and Luxembourgian Pair Advance

Three games were played on Tuesday as the second and final week of the opening round of qualifying for the Europa League commmenced:

At Yerevan, Armenia:

Nenad Stojanovic scored the series-winning goal in the 85th minute as Rudar Pljevlja gained a 1-1 game-two road draw with FC Mika and took out the Armenian club 2-1 on aggregate for the two-match series. Next up for the Montenegrin club, a two-game series against Slask Wroclaw, which opens on July 18 in Wroclaw, Poland.

At Turku, Finland:

Thanks to Wang Chu's goal on the 80th minute, Jeuness Esch, despite dropping a 2-1 game-two decision on the road, still eliminated TPS 3-2 on aggregate.  The Luxembourgian club will face the winner of the Airbus UK Broughton-FK Ventspils series.  

At Differdange, Luxembourg:

Omar Er Rafik scored twice (55', 75') as FC Differdange 03 defeated KF Laci 2-1 in game two at home and won their two-match series with the Albanian club 3-1 on aggregate. Differdange will host the opening match of their two-game second-qualifying-round series against FC Utrecht from the Netherlands on July 18.

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