Thursday, July 18, 2019

Europa League Qualifying: Malmo, Vaduz, Shamrock Rovers, Legia, Flora, Maccabi Haifa, Steaua, Crusaders (Who Get Wolves Next), Rangers, Honved, Dinamo Tbilisi, Aberdeen Advance

The first round of Europa League qualifying  concluded on Thursday with 43 games.

At Ballymena, Northern Ireland:


Beharng Safari (27'), Guillermo Molins (52'), Erdal Rakip (68'), and Romain Gall (PK-79') each scored once as Malmo FF demolished Ballymena 4-0 on the road in game two and completed their two-match dismemberment of the club from Northern Ireland 11-0 on aggregate.

At Kilmarnock, Scotland:

Ryan Wignall (50') and Callum Morris (PK-80') each scored once as Connah's Quay Nomads blanked Kilmarnock 2-0 on the road in game two and upended their hosts 3-2 on aggregate.

At Vitebsk, Belarus:

Babacar Diallo's goal in the 53rd minute enabled KuPS to gain a 1-1 game-two road draw with Vitebsk, good enough for the Finnish club to win their series 3-1 on aggregate.

At Vaduz, Liechtenstein:

Dominik Schwizer scored the game-and-series winner in the 79th minute as FC Vaduz outlasted visiting Breidablik 2-1 in game two and won the series by that same score on aggregate.

At Dublin, Ireland:

Gary O'Neill's goal in the 80th minute carried Shamrock Rovers to a 2-1 game-two home victory over SK Brann and a 4-3 series victory over the Norwegian club on aggregate.

At Tbilisi, Georgia:

Mirzad Mehanovic (81') and Ziguy Badibanga (90'+4) each scored once as Ordabasy blanked Torpedo Kutaisi 2-0 on the road in game two and won their series 3-0 on aggregate.

At Warsaw, Poland:

Carlitos scored twice (7', 60') as Legia Warsaw dominated visiting Europa 3-0 in game two and took care of the series by that series by that same score on aggregate.

At Split, Croatia:

Hamed Kone scored twice (69', 90'+6) as Griza dominated Hajduk Split 3-0 on the road in game two and knocked out the Croatian club 3-1 on aggregate.

At Nis, Serbia:

Henrik Purg (80') and Mark Anders Lepik (90'+3) each scored once as FC Flora gained a 2-2 game-two road deadlock with Radnicki Nis, good enough for the Estonian club to take the series 4-2 on aggregate.

At Murska Sobota, Slovenia:

Yuval Ashkenazi scored twice (35', 76') as Maccabi Haifa defeated Mura 3-2 on the road in game two and won their series with the Slovenian club 5-2 on aggregate.

At Elbasan, Albania:

Csaba Szatmari's goal at 58th minute enabled Debrecen to gain a 1-1 game-two road draw with Kukes as the Hungarian club won their series 4-1 on aggregate.

At Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan:

Mehmet Arslan's successfully-converted penalty kick in the 59th minute proved to be the series winner as Jeunesse Esch gained a 1-1 game-two road draw with Tobal and won their series (with the aggregate score at 1-1) on road goals.

At Orhei, Moldova:

Cristian Dumitru (4') and Razvan Oaida (42') each scored once as Steaua Bucharest defeated Milami 2-1 on the road in game two and finished off the Moldovan club 4-1 on aggregate.

At Torshavn, Faroe Islands:

Paul Heatley scored twice (28', 68') as Crusaders defeated B36 Torshavn 3-2 on the road in game two and won their series 5-2 on aggregate.

At Turku, Finland:

Despite dropping a 2-0 game-two road decision to Inter Turku, Brondby IF still won their series 4-3 on aggregate.

At Reykjavik, Iceland:

A game-two 0-0 road stalemate was way more than good enough for Molde FK as they finished off KR Reykjavik 7-0 on aggregate.

At Glasgow, Scotland:

Alfredo Morelos produced a hat trick (45'+1, PK-57', 66') while Jermaine Defoe added a double (77', 86') as Rangers annihilated visiting St. Joseph's 6-0 in game two to complete their two-game frontier-styled fist beating of the club from Gibraltar 10-0 on aggregate.

At Differdange, Luxembourg:

Despite dropping a 2-1 game-two home decision to Cork City, Progres Niederkorn held off the Irish club 3-2 on aggregate.

At Sofia, Bulgaria:

Davide Mariana (33') and Deni Alar (90'+2) each scored once as Levski Sofia registered a second 2-0 victory at Ruzomberok's expense, this time at home, and won their series 4-0 on aggregate.

At Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Stanisa Mandic (50'), Miljan Govedarica (79'), and Renato Gojkovic (90'+2) each scored once as Zrinjski Mostar registered a second 3-0 victory over Akademija Pandev, this time at home, and closed out the Macedonian club 6-0 on aggregate.

At Baku, Azerbaijan:

Vangelis Platellas scored twice (18', 40') as Neftci Baku belted visiting Speranta Nisporeni 6-0 in game two and ousted the Moldovan club 9-0 on aggregate.

At Felcsut, Hungary:

Fehervar, despite being held to a 0-0 game-two home deadlock, still handily won their series with Zeta 5-0 on aggregate.

At Ta’ Qali, Malta:

Nikita Tatarkov scored the only goal of the match in the 65th minute as Shakhtyor Soligorsk defeated Hibernians 1-0 for a second time, this time on the road, as the Belorussian club won their series 2-0 on aggregate.

At Riga, Latvia:

Endri Cekick (45'+1) and Stefan Savic (90'+2) produced the goals as Olimpija Ljubljana overcame their series-opening home defeat by blanking RFS 2-0 on the road and won their series 4-3 on aggregate.

At Vilnius, Lithuania:

Djordje Kamber's goal in the 62nd minute carried Budapest Honved FC to a 1-1 game-two road draw with Zalgiris, good enough for the Hungarian club to win their series 4-2 on aggregate.

At Skopje, Macedonia:

Uros Nenadovic (21'), Thiago Galvao (68'), and Taron Voskanyan (74') each scored once as Alashkert dominated Makedonija 3-0 on the road in game two and won their series 6-1 on aggregate.

At Trnava, Slovakia:

After Spatak Trnava squared their series at 2-2 on aggregate with Radnik Bijeljina with their 2-0 game-two regulation victory, 30 minutes of scoreless overtime ensued, then Marko Tesija, Alex Sobczyk, and Matej Jakubek converted their spot kicks as the hosts won the penalty-kick shootout 3-2.

At Andorra la Vella, Andorra:

Abdel Medioub scored the only goal of the match in the 81st minute as Dinamo Tbilisi defeated Engordany 1-0 on the road in game two and completed their two-match domination of the Andorran club 7-0 on aggregate.

At Almaty, Kazakhstan:

Stoppage-time goals from Ramazan Orazov (90'+1) and Islambek Kuat (90'+3) propelled Kairat to a 2-1 game-two victory over visiting Siroki Brijeg and a 4-2 series-aggregate win.

At Krakow, Poland:

After a 1-1 game-two draw that squared their series at 2-2 on aggregate, Eric Kleybel Ramirez Matheus scored what proved to be the series-winning overtime goal in the 94th minute as DAC Dunajska Streda, with the overall aggregate score at 3-3, won their series on the road with Cracovia on road goals.

At Nicosia, Cyprus:

Emilio Zelaya delivered a natural hat trick (5', PK-43', PK-60') as Apollon Limassol demolished visiting Kauno Zalgiris 4-0 in game two and knocked out the Lithuanian club 6-0 on aggregate.

At Durres, Albania:

Despite dropping a 1-0 game-two road decision to Teuta, Ventspils still won their series 3-1 on aggregate.

At Tallinn, Estonia:

After FC Levadia took game two 2-1 in regulation to square their series with with Stjarnan at 3-3 on aggregate, Brynjar Gudjonsson scored the series winner at the tail end of the second overtime period (120'+2) as the Icelandic club, with the overall aggregate score at 4-4, won the series thanks to the away goals rule (it's also in effect in overtime in these European tournament knockout rounds).

At Haugesund, Norway:

Kristoffer Velde scored twice (5', 68') as Haugesund demolished visiting Cliftonville 5-1 in game two and won their series 6-1 on aggregate.

At Minsk, Belarus:

Dan Spataru (10') and Dodo (70') each scored once as FK Leipaja knocked off Dinamo Minsk 2-1 on the road in game two and took their series with the Belorussian club 3-2 on aggregate.

At Norrkoping, Sweden:

Jordan Larsson (36') and Karl Holmberg (85') each scored once as IFK Norrkoping defeated visiting St. Patrick's Athletic 2-1 in game two and finished off the Irish club 4-1 on aggregate.

At Rovaniemi, Finland:

Sam Cosgrove (PK-27') and Lewis Ferguson (90'+4) each scored once as Aberdeen defeated RoPS 2-1 for a second time, this time on the road, as the Scottish club won their series 4-2 on aggregate.

At Domzale, Slovenia:

Slobodan Vuk scored the only goal of the match in the 21st minute as NK Domzale defeated visiting Balzan 1-0 in game two and outlasted the Maltese club 5-3 on aggregate.

At Beersheba, Israel:

Naor Sabag's goal in the 69th minute propelled Hapoel Be'er Sheva to a 1-0 game-two road win over KF Laci and a 2-1 series-aggregate victory over their Albanian guests.

At Podgorica, Montenegro:

Milos Vucic (2'), Dusan Bakic (49'), Mihailo Perovic (56'), and Dejan Zarubica (78') each scored once as Buducnost Podgorica dominated visiting Narva Trans 4-1 in game two and won their series 6-1 on aggregate. 

At Craiova, Romania:

Alexandru Cicaldau (28'), Bogdan Vatajelu (54'), and Carlos Manuel Dos Santos Fortes (90') each scored once as Universitatea Craiova produced a second 3-2 victory over Sabail, this time at home, and won their series 6-4 on aggregate.

At Skopje, Macedonia:

Artak Edigaryan (7') and Artur Miranyan (31') each scored once as Pyunik defeated Shkupi 2-1 on the road in game two and won their series 5-4 on aggregate.

At Chisinau, Moldova:

Maxim Potirniche's own goal in the second minute of second-half stoppage time carried AEK Larnaca to a second 1-0 victory over Petroclub Hincesti, this time on the road, and a 2-0 aggregate victory.

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