Thursday, October 01, 2020

Europa League Playoff Round: Rossoneri, Bhoys, ' Gers, PSV, Ludogorets, Dundalk, Spurs Advance To Knockout Stage

 The Europa League's playoff round took place on Thursday with 21 games.


Champions Path:


At Bern, Switzerland:


Jean-Pierre Nsame scored twice (52', 64') as BSC Young Boys dominated visiting KF Tirana 3-0.


At Zagreb, Croatia:


Arijan Ademi scored twice (26', 87') as Dinamo Zagreb held off visiting FC Flora 3-1.


At Cluj-Napoca, Romania:


Mario Rondon scored twice (5', 56') as CFR Cluj defeated visiting KuPS 3-1.


At Nicosia, Cyprus (moved from Armenia due to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict):


Diego Falcinelli scored the game winner in the 80th minute as Red Star Belgrade defeated Ararat-Armenia 2-1.


At Minsk, Belarus:


Elvis Manu (73') and Higinio Marin (79') each scored once as Ludugorets Razgrad blanked Dynamo Brest 2-0 on the road.


At Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina:


Odsonne Edouard scored the only goal of the match in the 70th minute as Celtic defeated FK Sarajavo 1-0 on the road.


At Warsaw, Poland:


Erickson Andrade (50'), Abdellah Zoubir (62'), and Filip Ozobic (70') each tallied once as Qarabag dominated Legia Warsaw 3-0 on the road.


At Dublin, Ireland:


Daniel Cleary scored the game winner in the 48th minute as Dundalk defeated visiting KI 3-1.




Main Path:


At Petah Tikva, Israel:


Josue converted a penalty kick in the fourth minute for the game's lone goal as Hapoel Be'er Sheva defeated visiting FC Viktoria Plzen 1-0.


At Basel, Switzerland:


Tiago Rodrigues scored twice (72', 88') as CSKA Sofia knocked off FC Basel 3-1 on the road.


At Vila do Conde, Portugal:


After a 2-2 draw through 120 minutes, Ismael Bennacer, Simon Kjaer (twice, including the shootout winner), Theo Henandez, Brahim Abdelkader Diaz, Hakan Calhanoglu, Davide Calabria, Sandro Tonali, Rafael Leao converted their spot kicks as AC Milan took the penalty-kick shootout 9-8 on the road against Rio Ave.


At Trondheim, Norway:


Eran Zahavi (22') and Cody Gakpo (61') each scored once as PSV Eindhoven blanked Rosenborg BK 2-0 on the road.


At Lisbon:


Gernot Traunner (14'), Marko Raguz (58'), Peter Michorl (65'), and Andreas Gruber (69') each scored once as LASK dominated Sporting CP 4-1 on the road.


At Copenhagen, Denmark:


Peter Ankersen's own goal in the 20th minute proved fatal to FC Copenhagen's European campaign as Rijeka knocked off the home-standing Lions 1-0.


At Athens, Greece:


Karim Ansarifard scored the game winner at the death (90'+4) as AEK Athens defeated visiting VfL Wolfsburg 2-1.


At Charleroi, Belgium:


Tymotuesz Puchecz scored the winning goal in the 41st minute as Lech Poznan defeated Charleroi 2-1 on the road.


At Malmo, Sweden:


Antonio Puertas scored the game winner at 58 minutes as Grenada defeated Malmo FF 3-1 on the road.


At London:


Harry Kane produced a hat trick (2', PK-56', 74') while Giovani Lo Celso added a double (37', 40') as Tottenham Hotspur destroyed visiting Maccabi Haifa 7-2.


At Liberec, Czech Republic:


Youssouf Mara came through at the death as his successfully-converted penalty kick (90'+5) carred Slovan Liberec to a 1-0 home win over APOEL FC.


At Liege, Belgium:


Selim Amallah converted a pair of penalty kicks (77', 85') as Standard Liege defeated visiting Fehervar 3-1.


At Glasgow, Scotland:


Scott Arfield (52') and James Tavernier (59') each scored once as Rangers held off visiting Galatasaray 2-1.





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