Thursday, August 01, 2019

Europa League: Wolves, Parakeets, Linfield, Aberdeen, Torino, 'Gers, Legia, Dinamo Tbilisi Advance To Third Qualifying Round

The second round of Europa League qualifying concluded on Thursday with 41 games.

Champions Path:

At Riga, Latvia:

Armands Petersons (26') and Kamil Bilinski (83') each scored once as Riga defeated Piast Gliwice 2-1 in game two and (with the aggregate score at 4-4) won their series on road goals.

At Tiraspol, Moldova:

Ousmane N'Diaye's goal in the 63rd minute enabled FC Sheriff to gain a 1-1 game-two home deadlock with Partizani Tirane and win their series with the Albanian club 2-1 on aggregate.

At Razgrad, Bulgaria:

Jakub Swierczok scored twice (82', 84') as Ludogorets Razgrad demolished visiting Valur 4-0 in game two and ousted the Icelandic club 5-1 on aggregate.

At Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan:

Marin Tomasov produced a hat trick (73', 79', 90'+4) as Astana dominated visiting FC Santa Coloma 4-1 in game two and won their series by that score on aggregate.

At Belfast, Northern Ireland:

Andrew Waterworth scored the only goal of the match with his successfully-converted 20th-minute penalty kick as Linfield defeated visiting HB Torshavn 1-0 in game two and knocked out the Faroese club 3-2 on aggregate.



Main Path:

At Liepaja, Latvia:

Sead Haksabanovic scored the only goal in the 89th minute as IFK Norrkoping defeated FK Liepaja 1-0 on the road in game two and won their series 3-0 on aggregate.

At Almaty, Kazakhstan:

Rade Dugalic's own goal in the 67th minute enabled Hapoel Be'er Sheva to gain a 1-1 game-two road draw with Kairat, good enough for the Israeli club to win their series 3-1 on aggregate.

At Baku, Azerbaijan:

Rauf Aliyev (49'), Dario Frederico Da Silva (PK-89'), and Mamadou Mbodj (90'+3) each scored once as Neftci Baku dominated visiting Arsenal Tula 3-0 and knocked out the Russian club 4-0 on aggregate.

At Gardabaer, Iceland:

Adria Pedrosa (5'), Iglesias (52'), and Facundo Ferreyra (78') each produced a goal as Espanyol defeated Stjarnan 3-1 on the road and took care of the Icelandic club 7-1 on aggregate.

At Athens:

Alexandros Katranis (22'), Georgios Manousos (28'), and Spyros Risvanis (76') each scored once as Atromitos defeated visiting DAC Dunajska Streda 3-2 in game two and knockout out the Slovakian club 5-3 on aggregate.

At Graz, Austria:

Kevin Krygard's goal in the 68th minute proved to be enough for Haugesund, who, despite dropping a 2-1 game-two road decision to Sturm Graz, still won their series with the Austrian club 3-2 on aggregate.

At Georgi, Bulgaria:

Ivan Trichkovski's quadruple (PK-8', 29', 75', 82') proved more than plenty for AEK Larnaca as the Cypriot club demolished Levski Sofia 4-0 in game two on the road and completed their two-match manhandling of the Bulgarian club 7-0 on aggregate.

At Kuopio, Finland:

A 0-0 game-two road stalemate was good enough for Legia Warsaw as the Polish club ousted KuPS 1-0 on aggregate.

At Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina:

After a second 1-1 deadlock that leveled the series at 2-2 on aggregate, Stanisa Mandic scored the overtime winner at 111 minutes as Zrinjski Mostar upended visiting FC Utrecht 3-2 on aggregate.

At Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic:

A 0-0 game-two road deadlock was good enough for Pyunik as the Armenian club eliminated FK Jablonec 2-1 on aggregate.

At Brondyvester, Denmark:

After a 2-1 game-two regulation decision that squared their series with Poland's Lechia Gdansk at 3-3 on aggregate, Jesper Lindstrom scored twice in overtime (94', 119') as Brondby IF won their series 5-3 on aggregate.

At Vaduz, Liechtenstein:

Milan Gajic's successful penalty kick in the 61st minute enabled FC Vaduz to take the regulation portion of game two, 1-0 at home against Fehervar to level their series with the Hungarian club at 1-1 on aggregate.  Then, the hosts got the series winner in overtime from Mohamed Coulibary (100') as Vaduz won their series 2-1 on aggregate.

At Tbilisi, Georgia:

Levan Shengalia scored twice (68', 88') as Dinamo Tbilisi dominated Gabala 3-0 at home in game two and won their series 5-0 on aggregate.

At Ljubljana, Slovenia:

Adis Jahovic scored the game's lone goal in the 77th minute as Yeni Malatyaspor knocked off Olimpija Ljubljana 1-0 on the road in game two and won their series 3-2 on aggregate.

At Frankfurt, Germany:

Goncalo Paciencia scored twice (37', PK-54') as Eintracht Frankfurt held off visiting FC Flora 2-1 in game two and won their series 4-2 on aggregate.

At Malmo, Sweden:

Rasmus Bengtsson scored the game----and series----winner in the 83rd minute as Malmo FF defeated visiting NK Domzale 3-2 in game two and won their series with the Slovenian club 5-4 on aggregate.

At Aberdeen, Scotland:

Sam Cosgrove produced a hat trick (9', 20', 80') as Aberdeen destroyed visiting Chikhura Sachkhere 5-0 in game two and finished off the Georgian club 6-1 on aggregate.

At Ovidiu, Romania:

Roman Yaremchuk scored in the 38th minute as KAA Gent, despite dropping a 2-1 game-two road decision to Viitorul Constanta, won their series 7-5 on aggregate.

At Zaporizhia, Ukraine (due to warlike conditions in eastern Ukraine):

Artem Hromov scored the only goal of the match in the 32nd minute as Zorya Luhansk defeated visiting Buducnost Podgorica 1-0 in game two and won their series 4-1 on aggregate.

At Osijek, Croatia:

After Ante Majstorovic scored in the 28th minute to carry Osijek to a 1-0 game-two regulation decision over visiting CSKA Sofia to level the series at 1-1 on aggregate, 30 minutes of scoreless overtime were played.  In the penalty-kick shootout, Tiago Rodrigues, Graham Carey, Nikolay Bodurov, and Ali Sowe each converted a spot kick for the club from the Bulgarian capital as the guests took the shootout 4-3.

At Debrecen, Hungary:

Simone Taza (25'), Armando Izzo (32'), Andrea Belotti (69'), and Vincenzo Millico (90'+2) each scored once as Torino dominated Debreceni VSC 4-1 on the road in game two and won their series 7-1 on aggregate.

At Toftir, Faroe Islands:

Idriz Voca scored the game's solitary goal in the 34th minute as FC Lucerne took a second 1-0 decision at KI Klaksvik's expense, this time on the road, to win their series 2-0 on the road.

At Luxembourg City:

A 0-0 game-two road stalemate with Progres Niederkorn was good enough for Rangers as the Scottish club won their series 2-0 on aggregate.

At Ta' Quil, Malta:

Jevgenijs Kazacoks (72') and Mykhalo Serhiychuk (79') each scored once as Ventspils gained a 2-2 road draw with Gzira United and won their series with the Maltese club 6-2 on aggregate.

At Haifa, Israel:

Ludovic Ajorque's goal in the 17th minute proved to be the series winner as Strasbourg, despite dropping a 2-1 game-two road decision to Maccabi Haifa, won their series 4-3 on aggregate.

At Shymkent, Kazakhstan:

Marek Matejovsky (8'), Nikolay Komlichenko (PK-33'), and Muris Mesanovic (47') each scored once as Mlada Boleslav defeated Ordabasy 3-2 on the road in game two and won their series 4-3 on aggregate.

At Nicosia, Cyprus:

After Apollon Limassol topped visiting Shamrock Rovers 2-1 in regulation of game two to square their series at 3-3 on aggregate, Adrian Sardinero scored the overtime series winner for the Cypriot club in the 102nd minute as Apollon won the series 4-3 on aggregate.

At Gothenburg, Sweden:

Myron Boadu (42'), Calvin Stengs (56'), and Guus Til (67') each scored once as AZ Alkmaar dominated BK Hacken 3-0 on the road in game two and won their series by that same score on aggregate.

At Giurgiu, Romania:

Florin Tanase (PK-10') and Florinel Coman (59') each scored once as Steaua Bucharest held off visiting Alashkert 3-2 in game two and ousted the Armenian club 5-3 on aggregate.

At Trnava, Slovakia:

Alen Ozbolt scored the series winner in the 74th minute as Lokomotiv Plovdiv, despite dropping a 3-1 game-two road decision to Spartak Trnava, still advanced on away goals with the aggregate score at 4-4.

At Belfast, Northern Ireland:

Raul Jimenez scored twice (15', 45') as Wolverhampton Wanderers dominated Crusaders 4-1 in game two and finished off their Northern Irish hosts 6-1 on aggregate.

At Larnaca, Cyprus:

Nicolas Diguiny scored the only goal of both the game and series in the 14th minute as Aris defeated AEL Limassol 1-0 on the road in game two and won their series by that score on aggregate.

At Guimaraes, Portugal:

Edmond Tapsoba scored twice (14', PK-88') scored twice as Vitoria de Guimaraes demolished visiting Jeunesse Esch 4-0 in game two and won their series 5-0 on aggregate.

At Craiova, Romania:

After a second 0-0 stalemate, followed by 30 more minutes of goal-free soccer, Alexandru Ionita, Carlos Fortes, and Alexandru Cicaldau converted their spot kicks as Universitatea Craiova won the penalty-kick shootout 3-0 over visiting Budapest Honved FC.

At Esbjerg, Denmark:

A 0-0 game-two road deadlock with Esbjerg was good enough for Shakhtyor Soligorsk as the Belorussian club won their series 2-0 on aggregate.

At Belgrade, Serbia:

Zoran Tosic (54'), Ognjen Ozegovic (69'), and Filip Stevanovic (72') each scored once as Patrizan Belgrade dominated visiting Connad's Quay Nomads 3-0 in game two and took care of the Welsh club 4-0 on aggregate.







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