Thursday, August 24, 2017

Europa League: Rossoneri, Toffees, Red Star Belgrade, Austria Vienna, RB Salzburg, Athletic Bilbao Advance To Group Stage

The Europa League's playoff round concluded on Thursday with 22 games.

At Skopje, Macedonia:

Patrick Curtone scored the only goal of the match as AC Milan defeated Shkendija 1-0 on the road in game two and won their series 7-0 on aggregate.

At Sankt Polten, Austria:

Despite dropping a 1-0 game-two decision to visiting Osijek, Austria Vienna, with the aggregate score at 2-2, won their series on away goals

At Belgrade, Serbia:

Nemanja Radonjic (7') and Guelar Kanga Kasu (46') each scored once as Red Star Belgrade defeated visiting FC Krasnodar 2-1 in game two, and with the aggregate score at 4-4, ousted the Russian club on away goals.

At Athens:

Andre Simoes scored twice (39', 90'+1) as AEK Athens dominated visiting Club Bruge 3-0 in game two and finished off the Belgian club by that same score on aggregate.

At Kiev, Ukraine:

Mykola Morozyuk scored the game-and-series winner in the 35th minute as Dynamo Kiev defeated visiting Maritimo 3-1 in game two and won their series on aggregate by that same score.

At Bilbao, Spain:

Ike Muniain scored the only goal of the match in the 22nd minute as Athletic Bilbao defeated visiting Panathinaikos 1-0 in game two and won their series 4-2 on aggregate.

At Herning, Denmark:

Andre Schembri's goal in the 50th minute proved to be the series winner as Apollon Limassol gained a 1-1 game-two road draw with FC Midtjylland and won their series 4-3 on aggregate.

At Braga, Portugal:

Paulinho scored twice (39', 80') as SC Braga gained a 2-2 game-two home draw with FH Hafnarfjordur and won their series 4-3 on aggregate.

At Split, Croatia:

Gylri Sigurdsson scored in the 46th minute as Everton gained a 1-1 game-two road draw with Hajduk Split and won their series 3-1 on aggregate.

At Wals-Siezenheim, Austria:

Moanes Dabour (7'), Fredrik Gulbrandsen (38'), Valon Berisha (PK-52'), and Amadou Haidara (88') each scored once as FC Red Bull Salzburg demolished visiting Viitorul Constanta 4-0 in game two and finished off the Romanian club 7-1 on aggregate.

At Istanbul, Turkey:

Jaba Jighauri (68') and Nikola Gligorov (90'+1) each scored once as Vardar defeated Fenerbahce 2-1 in game two and eliminated the Yellow Canaries 4-1 on aggregate.

At Trondheim, Norway:

Samuel Adegbenro scored twice (80', 89') as Rosenborg defeated visiting Ajax Amsterdam 3-2 in game two and won their series 4-2 on aggregate.

At Netanya, Israel:

Vidar Kjartansson (41') and Sheran Yeini (73') each scored once as Maccabi Tel Aviv gained a 2-2 game-two draw with visiting Rheindorf Altach and won their series with the Austrian club 3-2 on aggregate.

At Oleksandriia, Ukraine:

Mirko Ivanic scored twice (70', 73') during a three-minute second-half span as FC BATE Borisov defeated FC Oleksandriya 2-1 on the road in game two and won their series 3-2 on aggregate.

At Elbasan, Albania:

A 0-0 game-two stalemate with visiting Dinamo Zagreb enabled Skenderbeu Korce, with the aggregate score at 1-1, to advance to the group stage on away goals.

At Marijampole, Lithuania:

A game-two 0-0 road stalemate with FK Suduva Marijampole enabled Ludogorets Razgrad to win their series with the Lithuanian club 2-0 on aggregate.

At Marseille, France:

Valere Germain scored twice (28', 56') as Marseille dominated visiting Domzale 3-0 in game two and won their series 4-1 on aggregate.

At Felcsut, Hungary:

Uros Durdevic scored twice (35', 87') as Partizan Belgrade rolled over Videoton 4-0 on the road in game two and eliminated the Hungarian club by that very same score on aggregate.

At Saint Petersburg, Russia:

Aleksandr Kokorin had a big day; his goal in the ninth minute enabled Zenit Saint Petersburg to top visiting FC Utrecht 1-0 in regulation time of game two and square their series at 1-1 on aggregate.  In overtime, he scores the series winner in the 105th minute and the Russian club won their series 2-1 on aggregate.

At Tiraspol, Moldova:

A 0-0 game-two home deadlock with Legia Warsaw was good enough for FC Sheriff as the Moldovan club, with the aggregate score at 1-1, won their series on away goals.

At Larnaca, Cyprus:

A game-two 0-0 road draw with AEK Larnaca was good enough for FC Viktoria Plzen as the Czech club won their series 3-1 on aggregate.

At Ostersund, Sweden:

Saman Ghoddos scored twice (70', 77') as Ostersund blanked visiting PAOK FC 2-0 in game two and, with the aggregate score at 3-3, won the series on away goals.

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