Thursday, August 04, 2016

Europa League Qualifying: Hammers, Gothenburg, Genk, Gent, Grasshoppers Advance To Playoff Round; Vienna Clubs Too; Dons Sunk By Own Goal

The Third round of Europa League qualifying concluded on Thursday with 28 games.

At Poltava, Ukraine:

Dino Peric scored the winning goal in the 64th minute as Lokomotiva Zagreb held off Vorskla Poltava 3-2 on the road in game two, and by that same score on aggregate, won their series with the Ukrainian club and advanced to the playoff round.

At Athens, Greece:

Robert Beric scored the only goal of both the game and the series in the 23rd minute as Saint-Etienne knocked off AEK Athens 1-0 on the road in game two, and by that same score, advanced to the playoff round.

At Moscow:

Ivan Trickovski scored the only goal of the match in the 89th minute as AEK Larnaca defeated Spartak Moscow 1-0 on the road in game two and ousted the Russian club 2-1 on aggregate.

At Netanya, Israel:

With Nosa Igiebor (24') and Ezequiel Scarione (80') each scoring once, Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated visiting Pandurii Targu Jiu 2-1 in game two and won their series 5-2 on aggregate.

At Brest, Belarus:

Sinisa Babic (32') and Nokola Antic (81') delivered the scoring as Vojvodina knocked off Dinamo Minsk 2-0 on the road in game two and took their series 3-1 on aggregate.

At Haderslev, Denmark:

Marc Pedersen scored in the 65th minute as SonderjyskE gained a 1-1 game-two home draw with Zaglebie Lubin and took out the Polish club 3-2 on aggregate.

At Reggio Emilia, Italy:

Domenico Berardi scored twice (19', PK-39') as Sassuolo dominated visiting FC Lucerne 3-0 in game two and finished off the Swiss club 4-1 on aggregate.

At Vila do Conde, Portugal:

Josef Husbauer's goal in the 23rd minute carried Slavia Prague to a game-two 1-1 road draw with Rio Ave, lifting the Czech club into the playoff round thanks to the away-goals rule (1-1 on aggregate).

At Krasnodar, Russia:

Kouassi Eboue (15'), Joaozinho (37'), and Ricardo Laborde (38') produced the goals as FC Krasnodar defeated visiting Birkirkara 3-1 as the Russian club dispatched the Maltese club 6-1 on aggregate.

At Peristeri, Greece:

Dabney dos Santos (29') and Derrick Luckassen (36') each scored once as AZ Alkmaar defeated PAS Giannina 2-1 on the road in game two and won their series 3-1 on aggregate.

At Jerusalem, Israel:

Omer Atzili (PK-16'), Itay Shechter (29'), and Marcel Heister (47') each tallied once as Beitar Jerusalem dominated visiting Jelgava 3-0 in game two and won their series with the Latvian club 4-1 on aggregate.

At Trnava, Slovakia:

It was a big day for Kevin Friesenbichter.  His goal in the 88th minute of regulation enabled Austria Vienna to take the second game of their series with Spartak Trnava 1-0 on the road, thus deadlocking the series at 1-1 on aggregate.  After 30 minutes of scoreless overtime, it was Kevin who delivered the game-winning spot kick as the Austrian club won the penalty-kick shootout 5-4 to advance to the second round.  Jens Larsen, Ismael Tajouri, Marko Kvasina, and Tarken Serbest also converted their PKs in the shootout for the Violets.

At Stockholm, Sweden:

Victor Ibarbo (46') and Marcus Berg (73') each delivered a goal as Panathinaikos blanked AIK Solna 2- on the road in game two and took out the Swedish club 3-0 on aggregate.

At Tallinn, Estonia:

Numan Curuksu (4') and Dzon Delarge (29') each scored once as Osmanlispor blanked Nomme Kalju 2-0 on the road in game two and won their series 3-0 on aggregate.

At Maribor, Slovenia:

Graeme Shinnie's own goal in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage proved fatal to Aberdeen as Maribor took game two 1-0 at home and eliminated the Scottish club 2-1 on aggregate.

At Baku, Azerbaijan:

Filip Ozobic scored the only goal of the match in the 34th minute as Gabala defeated visiting LOSC Lille Metropole 1-0 in game two and ousted the Mastiffs 2-1 on aggregate.

At Split, Croatia:

Tino Susic scored twice (PK-52', 56') as Hajduk Split defeated visiting FC Oleksandria 3-1 in game two and won their series 6-1 on aggregate.

At Brondby, Denmark:

Teemu Pukki produced a hat trick (3', 34', 52') as Brondby overcame their series-opening defeat in the German capital with a 3-1 game-two home win over Hertha Berlin and won their series 3-2 on aggregate.

At Rijeka, Croatia:

Edin Visca scored twice (43', 74') as Istanbul Basaksehir gained a 2-2 game-two road draw with Rijeka, good enough for the Turkish club to advance to the playoff round on away goals (2-2 on aggregate).

At Arouca, Portugal:

Despite being held to a 0-0 game-two home draw with Heracles Almelo, Arouca, with the aggregate score at 1-1, still advanced on away goals.

At Vienna, Austria:

Mario Pavelic (26'), Thomas Schrammel (36'), and Louis Schaub (90'+2) each scored once as Rapid Vienna dominated visiting Torpedo Zhodino 3-0 in game two and eliminated the Belarusian club by that very same score on aggregate.

At Cork, Ireland:

Thomas Buffel (12') and Sebastien Dewaest (41') each scored once as KRC Genk defeated Cork City 2-1 on the road in game two and finished off the Irish club 3-1 on aggregate.

At Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic:

Despite a 1-0 game-two road setback, Shkendija still eliminated FK Mlada Boleslav 2-1 on aggregate.

At London:

Cheikou Kouyate scored twice (8',25') as West Ham United overcame their series-opening road defeat with a 3-0 home domination of NK Domzale and ousted the Slovenian club 4-2 on aggregate.

At Herning, Denmark:

Filip Novak scored the series-winning goal in the 104th minute as FC Midtjylland, after dropping a game-two 1-0 home regulation decision to Hungary's Videoton which deadlocked their series at 1-1 on aggregate, ousted their guests 2-1 on aggregate.

At Helsinki, Finland:

Mikael Boman (35') and Jakob Ankersen (82') each scored once as IFK Gothenburg recovered from their series-opening home defeat with a game-two 2-0 road blanking of HJK Helsinki and won their series 3-2 on aggregate.

At Ovidiu, Romania:

A 0-0 game-two road draw with Viitorui Constanta was more than good enough for KAA Gent as the Belgian club won their series 5-0 on aggregate.

At Nicosia, Cyprus:

After Apollon Limassol outscored visiting Grasshoppers 2-1 in regulation of game two to deadlock their series at 3-3 on aggregate, overtime goals from Caio Alves (103') and Nikola Gjorgjev (120'+1) enabled the Swiss club win their series 5-4 on aggregate.

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