Thursday, August 08, 2019

Europa League Qualifying: Wolves, Parakeets, Feyenoord, Braga, Suduva, Dudulange, Torino, 'Gers Grab Series Openers

The third round of Europa League qualifying reached its' midway point on Thursday with 32 games.

Champions Path:

At Netanya, Israel:

Eligijus Jankauskas scored the game winner in the 76th minute as FK Suduva upended Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-1 on the road in their series-opening contest.

At Razgrad, Bulgaria:

Ryan Harrington's own goal in the tenth minute opened the floodgates as Ludogorets Razgrad destroyed The New Saints 5-0 in their series-opening contest at home.

At Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Hervaine Moukam's penalty kick (71') produced the game-winning goal as FC BATE Borisov knocked off FK Sarajevo 2-1 on the road in game one.

At Luxembourg City:

With Dominik Stolz producing a hat trick (28', 30', 75'), F91 Dudelange downed visiting Nomme Kalju 3-1 in their series-opening match.

At Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan:

Runar Mar Sigurjonsson scored twice (8', 57') as Astana demolished visiting Valletta 5-1 in the opening contest of their two-game series.

At Tiraspol, Moldova:

Kolbeinn Sigporsson scored the game winner in the 14th minute as guests AIK Solna knocked off FC Sheriff 2-1 in their series-opening match.



Main Path:

At Norrkoping, Sweden:

Eden Shamir's goal in the 55th minute carried Hapoel Be'er Sheva to a series-opening 1-1 road draw with IFK Norrkoping.

Maic Sema scored for the Swedish club in minute #51.

At Turin, Italy:

Andrea Belotti scored twice (2', PK-63') as Torino stampeded visiting Shakhtyor Soligorsk 5-0 in their series opener.

At Brussels, Belgium:

Ivo Rodrigues scored the only goal of Antwerp's 1-0 series-opening victory over visiting FC Viktoria Plzen in the 30th minute.

At Vienna, Austria:

Serge Gakpe scored the game winner in the 50th minute as Apollon Limassol upended Austria Vienna 2-1 on the road in the opening contest of their two-match series.

At Rotterdam, Netherlands:

Luis Sinisterra (42'), Davit Kobouri (OG-81'), Steven Berghuis (PK-85'), and Luciano Narsingh (87') each scored a goal as Feyenoord Rotterdam demolished visiting Dinamo Tbilisi 4-0 in their series opener.

At Brondyvester, Denmark:

Ricardo Horta scored the game winner (90'+2) as SC Braga doubled up Brondby IF 4-2 on the road in game one.

At Molde, Norway:

Magnus Eikrem (27'), Eirik Hestad (32'), and Martin Ellingsen (87') each scored once as Molde FK opened their series with Aris by dominating the visiting Greek club 3-0.

At Plovdiv, Bulgaria:

Stefan Mitrovic scored the only goal of the match in the 11th minute as RC Strasbourg took the series-opening contest with Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1-0 on the road.

At Thun, Switzerland:

Zelimkham Bakayev scored twice (29', 73') as Spartak Moscow knocked off FC Thun 3-2 in their series opener on the road.

At Giurgiu, Romania:

Steaua Bucharest and visiting FK Mlada Boleslav battled to a series-opening 0-0 stalemate.

At Yerevan, Armenia:

Raul Jimenez scored twice (42', 46') as Wolverhampton Wanderers demolished Pyunik 4-0 on the road in their series opener.

At Herning, Denmark:

Nikola Katic scored the game winner in the 56th minute as Rangers doubled up FC Midtjylland 4-2 on the road in their series opener.

At Odessa, Ukraine (due to ongoing war conditions in eastern Ukraine):

AZ Alkmaar gained a series-opening 0-0 road stalemate with Mariupol.

At Larnaca, Cyprus:

Ivan Trichkovski's goal in the 88th minute enabled AEK Larnaca to salvage a series-opening 1-1 deadlock with visiting KAA Gent.

Roman Yaremchuk scored for the Belgian club in the 26th minute.

At Warsaw, Poland:

Legia Warsaw opened their series with Atromitos by settling for a 0-0 home draw.

At Haugesund, Norway:

Steven Bergwijn converted a penalty kick in the 24th minute for the game-winning goal as PSV Eindhoven knocked off Haugesund 1-0 on the road in their series-opening contest.

At Rijeka, Croatia:

Antonio Colak (PK-62') and Robert Muric (88') each delivered a goal as Rijeka blanked visiting Aberdeen 2-0 to open their series.

At Riga, Latvia:

Davidson da Luz Pereira (30'), Pedro Pepe Rodrigues (50'), and Joseph Amoah (80') each punched in a goal as Vitoria de Guiamaraes dominated Ventspils 3-0 on the road in game one.

At Vaduz, Liechtenstein:

Filip Kostic scored twice (11', 27') as Eintracht Frankfurt all but ended FC Vaduz's European campaign by destroying the hosts 5-0.

At Belgrade, Serbia:

Takuma Asano scored the game winner in the 67th minute as Partizan Belgrade opened their series by defeating visiting Yeni Malatyaspor 3-1.

At Malmo, Sweden:

Rasmus Bengtsson (36'), Anders Christiansen (66'), and Soren Rieks (74') each scored once as Malmo FF dominated visiting Zrinjski Mostar 3-0 in game one.

At Sofia, Bulgaria:

Vladlen Yurchenko's successful penalty kick (45'+1) enabled Zorya Luhansk to gain a 1-1 series-opening road deadlock with CSKA Sofia.

Evandro da Silva scored for the hosts at 13 minutes.

At Baku, Azerbaijan:

Steeven Joseph-Monrose (43') and Namik Alasgarov (90'+7) each scored once as Neftci Baku erased a two-goal deficit to gain a series-opening 2-2 home draw with Bnei Yehuda.

Tamabi Sages (26') and Mohammed Ghadir (36') scored the Israeli club's goals.

At Lucerne, Switzerland:

Facundo Ferreyra (28'), Didac Vila (59'), and Matias Vargas Martin (89') each scored once as Espanyol dominated FC Lucerne 3-0 on the road to open their series with the Swiss club.

At Prague, Czech Republic:

Caleb Ekuban (84') and Alexander Sorloth (89') each scored once in a five-minute span in the final quarter-hour as Trabzonspor battled back from two goals down to gain a series-opening 2-2 road draw with Sparta Prague.

Costa Nhamoinesu (16') and Guelor Kanga (68') each scored once for the hosts.

At Craiova, Romania:

Petros Mantalos (60') and Marko Livaja (85') each scored once as AEK Athens opened their series by blanking Universitatea Craiova 2-0 on the road.

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