Thursday, July 25, 2019

Europa League Qualifying: Wolves, Rangers, Parakeets, Legia, Torino, Shamrock Rovers Grab Series Openers

The second round of Europa League qualifying reached its' midway point on Thursday with 40 games.

Champions Path:

At Gliwice, Poland:

Jorge Felix Munoz Garcia scored twice (82', 85') as Piast Gliwice came from behind to upend visiting Riga 2-1 in their series opener.

At Tirana, Albania:

Robert Tambe scored the game's lone goal in the 24th minute as FC Sheriff upended Partizani Tirane 1-0 on the road in their series opener.

At Reykjavik, Iceland:

Anacet Abel's stoppage-time equalizer (90'+2) lifted Ludogorets Razgrad to a series-opening 1-1 road draw with Valur.

Lasse Petry scored for the hosts in the 11th minute.



Main Path:

At Norrkoping, Sweden:

Simon Thern (1') and Sead Haksabanovic (80') each scored once as IFK Norrkoping blanked visiting FK Liepaja 2-0 in their series opener.

At Beersheba, Israel:

Ramzi Safuri (PK-10') and Eden Shamir (63') each scored a goal as Hapoel Be'er Sheva blanked visiting Kairat 2-0 in the opening match of their series.

At Tula, Russia:

Dario Frederico's goal in the opening minute of first-half stoppage time carried Neftci Baku to a series-opening 1-0 road victory over Arsenal Tula.

At Barcelona:

Facundo Ferreya (49', 57') and Borja Iglesias Quintas (60', 68') each scored twice in a 20-minute stretch of the second half as Espyanol demolished visiting Stjarnan 4-0.

At Dunajska Streda, Slovakia:

George Manoussos scored the game winner in the 43rd minute as Atromitos defeated DAC Dunajska Streda 2-1 on the road in match one.

At Haugesund, Norway:

Kevin Krygard (51') and Niklas Sandberg (64') each scored once as Haugesund blanked visiting Sturm Graz 2-0 in their series opener.

At Larnaca, Cyprus:

Aspostolos Giannou (67'), Raul (70'), and Hector Hevel (75') each tallied once as AEK Larnaca dominated visiting Levski Sofia 3-0 in their series-opening match.

At Warsaw, Poland:

Mateusz Wieteska scored the game's lone goal in the ninth minute as Legia Warsaw defeated visiting KuPS 1-0 in their series opener.

At Utrecht, Netherlands:

Gyrano Kerk's goal at 61 minutes enabled FC Utrecht to salvage a series-opening 1-1 home draw with Zrinjski Mostar.

Miljan Govedarica scored in the 34th minute for the Bosnian club.

At Gyumri, Armenia:

Artur Miranyan scored twice (6', 30') as Pyunik held off visiting Jablonec 2-1 in the opening match of their two-game series.

At Gdansk, Poland:

Patryk Lipski scored the game winner in the 63rd minute as Lechia defeated visiting Brondby IF 2-1 the opening match of their two-game series.

At Felcsut, Hungary:

Stopira scored the game's lone goal in the fifth minute as Fehervar defeated visiting FC Vaduz 1-0 in game one.

At Qabala, Azerbaijan:

Levani Kutalia (41') and Arfang Daffe (87') each scored once as Dinamo Tbilisi blanked Gabala 2-0 on the road in their series opener.

At Malatya, Turkey:

Ante Vukusic (13') and Stefan Savic (74') each scored a goal as Olimpija Ljubljana gained a series-opening 2-2 road draw with Yeni Malatyaspor.

Arturo Mina Meza (20') and Adis Jahovic (PK-66') each scored once for the Turkish club.


At Tallinn, Estonia:

Dejan Joveljic scored the winning goal in the 64th minute as Eintracht Frankfurt knocked off FC Flora 2-1 in the opening game of their series.

At Domzale, Slovenia:

Rasmus Bengtsson (42') and Marcus Antonsson (52') each scored once to carry Malmo FF to a series-opening 2-2 road draw with NK Domzale.

Shamar Nicholson (37') and Adam Gnezda Cerin (48') each scored once for the Slovenian club.

At Molde, Norway:

Serbia's Cukaricki held hosts Molde FK to a series-opening 0-0 deadlock.

At Tbilisi, Georgia:

Sam Cosgrove's successfully executed penalty kick produced the equalizer in the 68th minute as Aberdeen gained a 1-1 game one road draw with Chikhura Sachkhere.

Giorgi Koripadze converted a spot kick in the 41st minute for the hosts.

At Ghent, Belgium:

Yuya Kubo (33', 45') and Roman Yaremchuk (PK-42', 50') each scored twice as KAA Gent doubled up visiting Viitorul 6-3 in game one.

At Podgorica, Montenegro:

Artem Gromov scored twice (15', 19') as Zorya Luhansk downed Buducnost Podgorica 3-1 on the road in game one.

At Sofia, Bulgaria:

Evando Da Silva scored the only goal of the contest in the 53rd minute as CSKA Sofia defeated visiting Osijek 1-0 in game one of their two-match series.

At Alessandria, Italy:

Andrea Belotti (PK-20'), Cristian Ansaldi (42'), and Simone Zaza (90'+3) each scored once as Torino opened their series with a 3-0 domination of visiting Debreceni VSC.

At Lucerne, Switzerland:

Christian Schneuwly's goal at the death (90'+3) carried FC Lucerne to a series-opening 1-0 victory over visiting KI of the Faroe Islands.

At Glasgow, Scotland:

Joseph Ayodele-Aribo (20') and Sheyi Ojo (54') each scored once as Rangers blanked visiting Progres Niederkorn 2-0 in their series-opening contest.

At Ventspils, Latvia:

Kaspars Svarups (41'), Helio Baptista (50'), Ingars Stuglis (83'), and Tosin Aiyegun (87') each scored once as Ventspils demolished visiting Gzira United 4-0 in their series-opening match.

At Strasbourg, France:

Ludovic Ajorque (PK-45'), Adrien Thomasson (47'), and Jonas Martin (61') each scored once as Strasbourg defeated visiting Maccabi Haifa 3-1 in their series-opening contest.

At Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic:

Nikolai Komlichenko's equalizer (45'+2) enabled FK  Mlada Boleslav to gain a series-opening 1-1 home draw with Ordabasy.

Mirzad Mehanovic scored in the 21st minute for the Kazakh club.

At Dublin, Ireland:

Roberto Lopes scored the winning goal in the 58th minutes as Shamrock Rovers outlasted visiting Apollon Limassol 2-1 in game one of their series.

At Alkmaar, Netherlands:

AZ Alkmaar and guests BK Hacken opened their series with a 0-0 draw.

At Yerevan, Armenia:

Florin Tanase (60'), Julian Cristea (68'), and Florinel Coman (82') each scored once as Steaua Bucharest dominated Alashkert 3-0 on the road in their series opener.

At Plovdiv, Bulgaria:

Dimitar Iliev scored twice (PK-39', 61') as Lokomotiv Plovdiv blanked visiting Spartak Trnava 2-0 in their series-opening match.

At Wolverhampton, England:

Diogo Jota (37') and Ruben Vinagre (90'+3) each scored once as Wolverhampton Wanderers blanked visiting Crusaders 2-0 in their series opener.

At Thessaloniki, Greece:

Aris and visiting AEK Limassol opened their series by scoring nary a goal in a 0-0 stalemate.

At Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg:

Joseph Amoah scored the winning goal at the death (90'+4) as Vitoria SC knocked off Jeunesse Esch 1-0 on the road in their series-opening contest.

At Gyro, Hungary:

Budapest Honved FC and visiting Universitatea Craiova battled to a series-opening 0-0 stalemate.

At Salihorsk, Belarus:

Elis Bakaj (5') and Pavel Rybak (55') produced the goals as Shakhtyor Soligorsk blanked visiting Esbjerg 2-0 in their opening match.

At Rhyl, Wales:

Aleksandar Scekic scored the only goal of Partizan Belgrade's 1-0 series-opening win over Connah's Quay Nomads in the 62nd minute.



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