Thursday, July 18, 2013

Europa League: Series-Opening Wins For Linfield, St. Johnstone, Maccabi Haifa, Anothosis, Rubin Kazan, Hajduk Split, Red Star Belgrade, Standard Liege

The second round of Europa League qualifying continued on Thursday with 39 games.

At Tbilisi, Georgia:
Mikhail Gorelishvili scored twice (68', 90') as FC Dila Gori dominated visiting Aalborg BK 3-0 in the opening contest of their two-game series.

At Pavlodar, Kazakhstan:
Gafurzhan Suyumbayev scored the winning goal in the 86th minute as FC Irtysh Pavlodar blew a two-goal lead but managed to defeat visiting Siroki Brijeg 3-2 in their series opener.  The Bosnian club stayed alive in the series thanks to goals from Kreimir Kordic (56') and Dalibor Silic (64').

At Ventspils, Latvia:
Eric Hoffmann's own goal in the 10th minute proved costly as FK Ventspils defeated visiting Jeunesse Esch 1-0 in their series opener

At Vantaa, Finland:
Vojo Ubiparip (11'), Lukasz Teodorczyk (53'), and Marcin Kaminski (71') each scored a goal as Lech Poznan took the opening match of their series with Honka 3-1 on the road.

At Soligorsk, Belarus:
Petru Leuca's equalizer in the 56th minute carried FC Milsami Orhei to a series-opening 1-1 road draw with FC Shakhtyor Salihorsk.  Pavel Sitko scored for the hosts in the 16th minute.

At Minsk, Belarus:
Mario Situm (11') and Petar Misic (41') each tallied once as Lokomotiva Zagreb grabbed a series-opening 2-1 victory over Dinamo Minsk on the road.

At Baku, Azerbaijan:
Reynaldo dos Santos Silva scored the winning goal in the 83rd minute as FK Qarabag took the opening match of their series with a 2-1 home over Piast Gliwice.  Marcin Robak kept the Polish club's hopes of advancing alive with his goal in the 19th minute.

At Podgorica, Montenegro:
Goals from Ivan Knezevic (PK-54') and Taku Ishihara (85') enabled FK Mladost Podgorica to salvage a series-opening 2-2 home draw with Seneca.  Jan Kalabiska (33') and Lamine Diarrassouba (76') provided the scoring for the Slovakian club.

At Riga, Latvia:
Arturs Karasausks scored the winning goal in the 47th minute as Skonto FC took game one 2-1 at home over Slovan Liberec.  The Czech club's chances of advancing were kept alive thanks to Martin Frydek's goal in the eighth minute.

At Stara Zagora, Bulgaria:
Omer Damari scored twice (9', 54') as Hapoel Tel Aviv dominated PFC Beroe Stara Zagora 4-1 on the road in match one of the clubs' two-game series.

At Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Romario Kortzorg's equalizer in the 48th minute gained a series-opening 1-1 road draw for Botev Plovdiv against HSK Zrinjski Mostar, whose goal came in the 21st minute through the courtesy of Deni Simeunovic.

At Ulsteinvik, Norway:
Espen Standal scored the only goal of the match as IL Hodd defeated visiting FC Aktobe 1-0 in match one.

At Haifa, Israel:
Hen Ezra (37') and Alon Turgeman (55') each delivered a goal as Maccabi Haifa blanked visiting Khazar Lankaran 2-0 in the clubs' series opener.

At Malmo, Sweden:
Jiloan Hamad (11') and Magnus Eriksson (13') each scored once two minutes apart late in the first quarter-hour as Malmo FF blanked visiting Hibernian 2-0 in the respective clubs' series opener.

At Drammen, Norway:
Ibrahima Sidibe scored twice (36', PK-55') to carry Debreceni VSC to a game-one 2-2 road draw with Stromsgodset.  Jorgen Horn (53') and Peter Kovacs (90'+3) each scored a goal for the hosts.

At Ploiesti, Romania:
Gheorghe Grozav tallied twice (49', 68') as FC Petrolul Ploiesti dominated visiting Vikingur 3-0 in their series opener.

At Tromso, Norway:
Zdenek Ondrasek (43') and Magnus Andersen (62') delivered the goalpower that carried Tromso IL to a series-opening 2-0 home victory over Inter Baku.

At Odessa, Ukraine:
Oleksiy Gai (46') and Oleksiy Antonov (90'+4) provided the scoring as Chornomorets Odessa blanked visiting FC Dacia Chisinau 2-0 in match one of the clubs' two-game series.

At Helsingborg, Sweden:
FK AS Trencin held homestanding IFK Gothenburg to a series-opening 0-0 stalemate.

At Trondheim, Norway:
Steve MacLean scored the only goal of the match as St. Johnstone took game one with Rosenborg 1-0 on the road.

At Larnaca, Cyprus:
Roberto Colautti scored twice (33', 84') as Anorthosis Famagusta FC dominated visiting Gefle IF 3-0 in match one.

At Tirana, Albania:
Igli Allmuca scored the winning goal in the 58th minute as FK Kukesi battled back from behind to overtake visiting FK Sarajevo 3-2 in game one.  Goals from Lazar Popovic (OG-32') and Anes Haurdic (33') one minute apart helped the Bosnian club stay alive in the two-match series.

At Thun, Switzerland:
Sekou Sanogo (13') and Enrico Schirinzi (38') scored that goals that carried FC Thun to a 2-0 series-opening home victory over Chikhura Sachkhere.

At Ta' Qali, Malta:
Ryan Fenech's equalizer in the 45th minute enabled Valletta FC to salvage a series-opening 1-1 home draw with FC Minsk.  Alyaksandr Sachywka scored in the sixth minute for the visiting Belarusian club.

At Luxembourg City:
Omar Er Rafik scored twice (26', 57') as FC Differdange 03 took the opening match of their series with FC Utrecht 2-1 at home.  Jacob Mulenga scored in the second minute for the Dutch club as they stayed alive in the series.

At Jagodina, Serbia:
Jose Rondon scored what proved to be the game winner in the 87th minute as Rubin Kazan held off FK Jagodina 3-2 on the road in game one.

At Vilnius, Lithuania:
Kamil Bilinski (47') and Rytis Leliuga (66') delivered the scoring as Zalgiris Vilnius blanked visiting Pyunik 2-0 in game one.

At Prague, Czech Republic:
Goals from Nasiru Mohammed (69') and Rene Makondele (77') enabled BK Hacken to erase a two-goal deficit on the road and gain a series-opening 2-2 draw with Sparta Prague, whose scored came from David Lafata (33', 66').

At Xanthi, Greece:
Aaron Burns scored the lone goal of the match as Linfield knocked off Skoda Xanthi FC 1-0 on the road in the opening match of the clubs' two-game series. 

At Split, Croatia:
Marko Bencun (8') and Mario Maloca (79') provided the scoring as Hajduk Split took the opening match of their series with FK Turnovo 2-1 at home.  Dejan Blazevski's penalty kick (45') kept the Macedonian club's advancement hopes alive.

At Bucharest, Romania:
Joao Paulo's equalizer in the 66th minute lifted Omonia to a series-opening 1-1 road draw with FC Astra Giurgiu.  Fwayo Tembo scored for the hosts in the eighth minute.

At Belgrade, Serbia:
Nejc Pecnik (12') and Nikola Mijailovic (76') delivered the goals as Red Star Belgrade blanked visiting IBV Vestmannaeyja 2-0 in game one.

At Novi Sad, Serbia:
Branislav Trajkovic (19') and Stojan Vranjes (PK-71') provided the scoring as FK Vojvodina took their series opener by blanking visiting Budapest Honved FC 2-0.

At Trabzon, Turkey:
Barry Molloy's own goal in the 39th minute proved to be the game loser for Derry City as the Northern Irish club (who plays in the Republic of Ireland's top division) fell on the road to Trabzonspor 4-2 in the opening contest of their two-game series.

At Wroclaw, Poland:
Marco Paixao scored twice in the first ten minutes (5', 9') as Slask Wroclaw demolished visiting FK Rudar Pljevlja 4-0 in the clubs' series opener.

At Ljubljana, Slovenia:
Andra Sporar (19'), Enis Durkovic (26'), and Djordje Ivelja (90'+3) each scored once as Olimpia Ljubljana took their series opener with MSK Zilina 3-1 at home.

At Rijeka, Croatia:
Leon Benko delivered a natural hat trick (19', 23', 60') as HNK Rijenka all but locked up a berth in the thrid qualifying round following their series-opening 5-0 annihilation of visiting Prestatyn Town.

At Reykjavik, Iceland:
Kanu (45'), Michy Batshuayi (62'), and Paul M'Poko (90'+1) each delivered a goal as Standard Liege took the opening match of their series with KR Reykjavik 3-1 on the road.

At Kopavogur, Iceland:
The opening match between Breidablik and visiting SK Sturm Graz ended in a 0-0 stalemate.

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