Thursday, August 27, 2020

Europa League Qualifying: Bannsiders, Olimpija, B36, Honved, Imps, Trond Kids, Aberdeen, Motherwell, Malmo, Shamrock Rovers, TNS Advance

The first round of Europa League qualifying continued on Thursday with 43-----count 'em----43 games.

At Maribor, Slovenia:

After a 1-1 regulation draw, followed by 30 scoreless overtime minutes, Ian Parkhill, Lyndon Kane, Gareth McGonaghie, Eion Bradley, and Ben Doherty all converted their spot kicks as Collerane took out Maribor 5-4 in the penalty-kick shootout on the road.

At Ljubljana, Slovenia:

Radivoj Bosic scored the overtime game winner in the 106th minute as Olimpija Ljubljana defeated visiting Vikingur Reykjavik 2-1.

At Torshavn, Faroe Islands:

Sebastian Pingel scored twice (72', 76') in regulation while Ragnar Samuelsen (107') and Hannes Agnarsson (113') each scored once in the second overtime period as B36 Torshavn defeated visiting FCI Levadia 4-3.

At Vilnius, Lithuania:

Andrija Kaluderovic (9') and Liviu Antal (32') each scored once as Zalgiris blanked visiting Paide Linnameeskond 2-0.

At Budapest, Hungary:

Juuso Hamalainen's overtime own goal (105') proved costly to Inter Turku as the Finnish club fell 2-1 on the road to Budapest Honved FC.

At Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Nemanja Bilbija (37'), Milos Filipovic (40'), and Josip Ivancic (80') each scored once as Zrinjski Mostar dominated visiting Differdange 03 3-0.

At Ta'Qali, Malta:

Chris Venables scored the game's lone goal in the 38th minute as Bala Town defeated Valetta 1-0 on the road.

At Gibraltar:

Mustapha Yahaha scored the stoppage-time game winner (90'+5) Lincoln Red Imps knocked off visiting Union Titus Petange of Luxembourg 2-0.

At Trondheim, Norway:

Torgeir Borven scored twice (3', 29') as Rosenborg doubled up visiting Breidablik 4-2.

At Aberdeen, Scotland:

Ryan Hedges delivered a hat trick (50', 59', PK-87') as Aberdeen annihilated visiting NSI Runavik 6-0.

At Motherwell, Scotland:

Five goal scorers, starting with Callum Lang in the 58th minute, each tallied once as Motherwell demolished visiting Glentoran 5-1.

At Stockholm, Sweden:

Abdul Khalili (14'), Darijan Bojanic (32'), and Paulinho Guerreiro (84') each scored once as Hammarby IF dominated visiting Puskas Akademia 3-0.

At Malmo, Sweden:

Jo Inge Berget (1') and Soren Rieks (44') each scored once as Malmo FF blanked visiting Cracovia 2-0.

At Tirane, Albania:

Godberg Cooper scored the game winner in the 85th minute as Kukesi defeated visiting Slavia Sofia 2-1.

At Ventspils, Latvia:

Yevgeni Kozlov converted his penalty kick in the 75th minute to carry Ventspils to a 2-1 home victory over Dinamo-Auto of Romania.

At Salihorsk, Belarus:

After 120 scoreless minutes, Eugen Slivca, Maxim Iurcu, Roman Volkov, and Alexandru Suvorov converted their spot kicks as visiting Sfantul Gheorghe took the penalty-kick shootout 4-1 at Shakhtyor Soligorsk's expense.

At Minsk, Belarus:

Patryk Lipski (10') and Jakub Swierczok (56') delivered the goals to carry Piast Gliwice to a 2-0 road win over Dinamo Minsk.

At Aarhus, Denmark:

Patrick Mortensen scored twice (29', PK-45'+2) as AGF proved too much for visiting Honka 5-2.

At Dublin, Ireland:

After a 2-2 draw in regulation, which was followed by 30 scoreless minutes of overtime, Joey O'Brien, Dylan Watts (twice), Gary O'Neill (twice), Aaron McEneff (twice), Dean Williams, Roberto Lopes, Danny Lafferty, Ronan Finn, and Alan Mannus converted their spot kicks as Shamrock Rovers, in 12 rounds, outlasted visiting Ilves 12-11 in the penalty-kick shootout.

At Hafnarfjordur, Iceland:

Andrija Balic (23') and Eric Ramirez (76') each scored once as DAC Dunajska Streda blanked FH Hafnarfjordur 2-0 on the road.

At Oswestry, England:

Leo Smith (100') and Adrian Cieslewicz (PK-108') each scored once in overtime as The New Saints outlasted visiting Zilina 3-1.

At Vaduz, Liechtenstein:

Jurgen Degabriele scored twice (34', 57') as Hibernians blanked FC Vaduz 2-0 on the road.

At Geneva, Switzerland:

Miroslav Stevanovic (54'), Arial Mendy (77'), and Alexis Antunes (86') each scored once as Servette dominated visiting Ruzomberok 3-0.

At Baku, Azerbaijan:

Anton Krivotsyuk scored the winning goal in the 88th minute as Neftci Baku defeated visiting Shkupi 2-1.

At Baku, Azerbaijan:

After 120 minutes of goal-free soccer, Kyrian Nwabueze, Regi Lushkja, Donald Rapo, Mentor Mazrekaj, and Aleksandar Ignjatovic all converted their spot kicks as Laci took the penalty-kick shootout 5-4 on the road over Kesla.

At Petah Tikva, Israel:

Josue scored twice (9', 61') as Hapoel Be'er Sheva dominated visiting Dinamo Batumi 3-0.

At Bodo, Norway:

Philip Zinckernagel (27', 36') and Jens Hague (52', PK-59') each scored twice as Bodo/Glimt destroyed visiting Kauno Zalgiris 6-1.

At Szekesfehervar, Hungary:

After a 1-1 regulation draw, followed by a half-hour of scoreless overtime, Boban Nikolov, Krisztian Geresi, Stopira, Lyes Houri knocked in their spot kicks as Fehevar defeated visiting Bohemians 4-2 in the penalty-kick shootout.

At Nicosia, Cyprus:

Bagaliy Dabo produced a hat trick (3', 32', 76') as Apollon Limassol demolished visiting Saburtalo Tbilisi 5-1.

At Yerevan, Armenia:

Nenad Mishkovski scored the only goal of the match in the 58th minute as Renova defeated Alashkert 1-0 on the road.

At Belgrade, Serbia:

Bibras Natkho's converted penalty kick in the 52nd minute to carry Partizan Belgrade to a 1-0 home victory over RFS.

At Poznan, Poland:

Mikael Ishak scored twice (59', 78') as Lech Poznan dominated visiting Valmiera 3-0.

At Shymkent, Kazakhstan:

Marko Dugandzic scored the winning goal in the 33rd minute as Botosani upended Ordabasy 2-1 on the road.

At Bucharest, Romania:

Dariu Olaru (34'), Florin Tanase (PK-65'), and Alexandru Buziuc (83') each scored once as Steaua Bucharest dominated visiting Shirak 3-0.

At Sofia, Bulgaria:

Ali Sowe scored the stoppage-time game winner (90'+1) as CSKA Sofia outlasted visiting Sirens 2-1.

At Chisinau, Moldova:

Sasa Tomanovic (17') and Nenad Lukic (PK-55') each scored once as TSC Backa Topola blanked Petrocub Hincesti 2-0 on the road.

At Sumqayit, Azerbaijan:

Successful penalty kicks from Besart Ibraimi (56') and Ljupcho Donev (89') propelled Shkendija to a 2-0 road victory over Sumqayit.

At Almaty, Kazakhstan:

Vagner Love scored twice (35', 70') as Kairat dominated visiting Noah 3-1.

At Durres, Albania:

Blerim Krasniqi (6') and Rubin Hebaj (87') each scored once as Teuta blanked visiting Beitar Jerusalem 2-0.

At Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Stojan Vranjes scored the only goal of the match in the 35th minute as Borac Banja Luka defeated visiting Sutjeska Niksic 1-0.

At Podgorica, Montenegro:

Dimitar Iliev converted his 75th-minute penalty kick for the winning goal as Lokomotiv Plovdiv defeated Iskra Danilovgrad 1-0 on the road.

At Prishtina, Kosovao:

After 90 scoreless minutes of regulation soccer, Georgios Efrem (102') and Dieumerci Ndongala (116') each scored an overtime goal as APOEL FC blanked Gjilani 2-0 on the road.

At Tbilisi, Georgia:

Imran Oulad Omar scored the game winner in the 61st minute as Lokomotivi Tbilisi held off visiting Univeritatea Craiova 2-1.

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