Thursday, July 20, 2017

Europa League: Second Qualifying Round Ends As Three Cypriot Clubs (Along With Aberdeen, Red Star Belgrade) Advance

33 games were played on Thursday as the second round of Europa League qualifying concluded.

At Burgas, Bulgaria:

Plamen Dimov (10'), Fernando Viana (22'), Lachezar Baltanov (47'), and Ferlipe Brisola (90') each scored once as Botev Plovdiv demolished vising Beitar Jerusalem 4-0 in game two and ousted the Israeli club 5-1 on aggregate.

At Chisinau, Moldova:

Alexandre Afonso Alex da Silva (PK-45') and Andre Schembri (80') each scored a goal as Apollon Limassol topped Zaria Balti 2-1 on the road in game two and knocked out the Moldovan club 5-1 on aggregate.

At Minsk, Belarus:

Oleksandr Noyok (21'), Nino Galovic (70'), and Anton Saroka (84') each scored a goal as Dinamo Minsk dominated visiting Rabotnicki 3-0 in game two and ousted the Macedonian club 4-1 on aggregate.

At Lyngby, Denmark:

Mikkel Rygaard Jensen (PK-19') and Martin Ornskov (30') each scored once as Lyngby defeated visiting Slovan Bratislava 2-1 in game two and finished off the Slovakian club 3-1 on aggregate.

At Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic:

Jan Charamosta (9') and Golgol Mebrahfu (31') each scored a goal as Mlada Boleslav blanked visiting Shamrock Rovers 2-0 in game two and eliminated the Irish club 5-2 on aggregate.

At Solna, Sweden:

Nils-Eric Johansson (48') and Henok Goitom (85') each delivered a goal as AIK Solna blanked visiting Zeljeznicar Sarajevo 2-0 in game two and won their series by that same score on aggregate.

At Larnaca, Cyprus:

Florian Taulemesse scored the only goal of the match in the 33rd minute as AEK Larnaca posted a second 1-0 victory over Cork City, this time at home, and dispatched the Irish club 2-0.

At Korce, Albania:

Sabien Lilaj (50') and Sebino Plaku (83') produced the goals that propelled Skenderbeu Korce to a 2-0 game-two home blanking of Kairat as the Albanian club won their series 3-1 on aggregate.

At Nova Gorica, Slovenia:

Giorgos Masouras (11'), Samed Yasil (16'), and Lazaros Lamprou (23') each scored once as Panionios held off ND Gorica 3-2 on the road in game two and eliminated the Slovenian club 5-2 on aggregate.

At Baku, Azerbaijan:

A game-two 0-0 with Zira was good enough for Astra Giurgiu as the Romanian club won their series 3-1 on aggregate.

At Poznan, Poland:

Darko Jevtic (32') and Nicki Bille Nielsen (90'+3) delivered the goals as Lech Poznan overcame their series-opening defeat by blanking visiting Haugesund 2-0 in game two and took out the Norwegian club 4-3 on aggregate.

At Vaasa, Finland:

Marko Meerits' own goal in the 16th minute proved important as Brondby, despite dropping a 2-1 game-two road decision to VPS, still won their series 3-2 on aggregate.

At Vilnius, Lithuania:

After Maksim Maksimov scored twice in regulation (11', 35') to enable Trakai to square their series with IFK Norrkopoing at 3-3 on aggregate after taking game two 2-1 at home, forcing a scoreless 30 minutes of overtime, Arunas Klimavicius, Modestas Vorobjovas, Svajunas Cyzas, Mykhailo Shkysha, and Justinas Janusevskij all converted their spot kicks as the Lithuanian club won the penalty-kick shootout 5-3 to advance to the third qualifying round.

At Sofia, Bulgaria:

Franck Ohandza (80') and Ante Ecreg (86') each scored once as Hajduk Split downed Levski Sofia 2-1 on the road in game two and won their series 3-1 on aggregate.

At Felcsut, Hungary:

Danko Lazovic scored in the 37th minute to carry Videoton to a 1-1 game-two draw with visiting Nomme Kalju as the Hungarian club won their series 4-1 on aggregate.

At Reykjavik, Iceland:

Omer Atzili (57') and Dor Peretz (66') each scored once as Maccabi Tel Aviv blanked KR Reykjavik 2-0 on the road in game two and won their series 5-1 on aggregate.

At Waalwijk, Netherlands:

Sean Klaiber (18'), Willem Janssen (76'), and Zakaria Labyad (83') each delivered a goal as FC Utrecht defeated visiting Valletta 3-1 in game two and ousted the Maltese club by that score on aggregate.

At Bergen, Norway:

Kristi Qose (64') and Dominik Kruzliak (PK-78') each scored once as Ruzomberok overturned their game-one home defeat with a 2-0 game-two road triumph over SK Brann as the Slovakian club won their series 2-1 on aggregate.

At Marijampole, Lithuania:

Despite dropping a 1-0 game-two home decision to FK Liepaja, FK Suduva Marijampole still won their series with the Latvian club 2-1 on aggregate.

At Bailystok, Poland:

Ilgar Gurbanov (18') and Filip Ozobic (89') delivered the goals as Gabala blanked Jagiellonia Bialystok 2-0 on the road in game two and ousted the Polish club 3-1 on aggregate.

At Larnaca, Cyprus:

Fidelis Irhene (70') and Kevin Lafrance (88') each scored once as AEL Limassol defeated visiting Progres Niederkorn 2-1 in game two and eliminated the Luxembourgian club 3-1 on aggregate.

At Brest, Belarus:

Nouma Ngamaleu (8'), Stefan Nutz (44'), and Philipp Netzer (52') each scored once as Rheindorf Altach dominated Dinamo Brest 3-0 on the road in game two and won their series 4-1 on aggregate.

At Istanbul, Turkey:

Brwa Nouri successfully converted his penalty kick in the 60th minutes as Ostersund drew 1-1 on the road with Galatasaray and ousted the Turkish club 3-1 on aggregate.

At Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg:

Samir Hadji (21'), Enis Saiti (32'), Tom Laterza (59'), and Cedric Sacras (90'+4) each scored once as Fola Esch dominated visiting Inter Baku 4-1 in game two and eliminated the Azerbaijani club 4-2 on aggregate.

At Skein, Norway:

Stefan Mladenovic scored the only goal of the match in the 82nd minute as Odds BK racked up a second 1-0 victory over FC Vaduz, this time at home, and won their series 2-0 on aggregate.

At Domzale, Slovenia:

Ivan Firer (PK-25'), Jure Balkovec (69'), and Semijad Ibricic (71') each collected a tally as Domzale defeated visiting Valur 3-2 in game two and waved so-long to the Icelandic club 5-3 on aggregate.


At Belgrade, Serbia:

Mitchell Donald (10') and Slavoljub Srnic (77') each scored once as Red Star Belgrade blanked visiting Irtysh Pavlodar 2-0 in game two and won their series 3-1 on aggregate.

At Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Greg Stewart (72') and Gary Mackay-Steven (78') each posted a second-half goal as Aberdeen blanked NK Siroki Brijeg 2-0 on the road in game two and took out the Bosnian club 3-1 on aggregate.

At Herning, Denmark:

Gustav Wikheim (34'), Rasmus Nissen (71'), and Alexander Sorloth (81') each scored once as FC Midtjylland defeated visiting Ferencevaros 3-1 in game two and pulled the plug on their Hungarian guests 7-3 on aggregate.

At Podgorica, Montenegro:

Thorsten Rocher (33'), Philipp Zulechner (39'), and Deni Alar (46') delivered the goals as Sturm Graz dominated Mladost Podgorica 3-0 on the road in game two and eliminated the Montenegrin club 3-1 on aggregate.

At Helsinki, Finland:

Ivan Celikovic's goal in the 71st minute lifted Shkendija to a 1-1 game-two road draw with HJK Helsinki and a 4-2 series victory on aggregate at the Finnish club's expense.

At Petah Tikva, Israel:

Mavis Tchibota (50') and Yuval Ashkenazi (85') each scored once as Bnei Yehuda blanked visiting Trencin 2-0 in game two and won their series 3-1 on aggregate.

At Lucerne, Switzerland:

Muzafer Ejupi scored what proved to be the series-winning goal in the 72nd minute as Osijek, despite dropping a 2-1 game-two road decision, eliminated FC Lucerne 3-2 on aggregate.




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