Thursday, August 19, 2021

Europa League Qualifying: 'Gers, Olympiacos, Rapid Vienna, Yellow Canaries, Sturm Graz, Omonia Take Series Openers

 The Europa League's playoff round reached its' midway point on Thursday with eight games.


At Randers, Denmark:


Frederik Lauenborg's equalizer in the 54th minute carried Randers to a 1-1 game-one home draw with Galatasaray.


Muhammed Akturkoglu scored for the Turkish club in the 26th minute.


At Vienna, Austria:


Taxiarchis Fountas (29') and Ercan Kara (78'), and Marco Grull (86') each scored once as Rapid Vienna dominated visiting Zorya Luhansk 3-0 in their series opener.


At Istanbul, Turkey:


Muhammed Gumuskaya scored the only goal of the match in the 65th minute as Fenerbahce got the measure of visiting HJK Helsinki 1-0 in their series opener.


At Murska Sobata, Slovenia:


Otar Kiteishvilli scored the winning goal in the 61st minute as Sturm Graz defeated NK Mura 3-1 on the road in game one.


At Nicosia, Cyprus:


Loizos Loizou scored twice (43', 56') as Omonia doubled up visiting Royal Antwerp 4-2 in their series opener.


At Piraeus, Greece:


Mohamed Camara (37'), Pepe Sisse (52'), and Vasil Bozhikov (OG-68') each scored once as Olympiacos opened their series with Slovan Bratislava by dominating their Slovak guests 3-0.


At Glasgow, Scotland:


Alfredo Morelos scored the only goal of the match in the 67th minute as Rangers defeated visiting Alashkert 1-0 in their series-opening contest.


At Prague, Czech Republic:


Alexander Bah (33') and Lukas Masopust (45'+3) each scored once as Slavia Prague gained a series-opening 2-2 home draw with Legia Warsaw.


Mahir Emreli (20') and Josip Juranovic (37') each scored once for the Polish club.



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