Second Qualifying Round: Second Leg Results

By: Dan | July 23rd, 2009

The second round of Europa League qualifying is complete. The second leg games that took place today proved to be rather eventful, as there were upsets, near upsets, and some impressive margins of victory.

Rosenborg 0 – Karabakh 1 Zimbru Chisinau 0 – Pacos Juvenes/Dogana 0 – Polonia Warsaw 4 Sturm Graz 1 – Siroki Brijeg 1 Basel 4 – Santa Coloma 1 Honka 1 – Bangor City 0 MSK Zilina 1 – Dacia Chisinau 0 Anorthosis 1 – Petrovac 3 (aet) St. Patrick’s 1 – Valletta 0 Omonia 4 – HB 1 Gorica 0 – Lahti 2 Sigma Olomouc 2 – Fram 0 Legia Warsaw 1 – Olimpi Rustavi 0 Falkirk 0 – Vaduz 2 (aet) Elfsborg 0 – Haladas 0 Rapid Vienna 3 – Vllaznia 0 Naftan 0 – KAA Gent 1 Liepajas Metalurgs 1 – Dinamo Differdange 0 – Rijeka 3 Suduva 1 – Randers 1 Vetra 3 – HJK Helsinki 1 Milano 2 – Slaven Belupo 8 Dinamo Minsk 1 – Tromso 4 KR 1 – Larissa 1 Brondby 4 – Flora 1 Aalborg BK 1 – Slavija 3 Steaua Bucharest 2 – Ujpest 1 Metalurh Donetsk 2 – MTZ-RIPO 1 Crusaders 2 – Rabotnicki 4 Bnei Yehuda 1 – Dinaburg 0 NAC Breda 2 – Gandzasar 0 Cherno More 3 – Iskra-Stal 0 Sevojno 1 – Kaunas 1 Flamurtari Vlore 1 – Motherwell 8 Zestaponi 2 – Helsingborg 2 (aet) Skonto 0 – Derry City 1 Sliema Wanderers 0 – Maccabi Netanya 3 Tobol 0 – Galatasaray 2 Rudar Velenje 0 – Red Star Belgrade 4 Sarajevo 1 – Spartak Trnava 1
KR of Iceland completed a memorable (Rosenborg 0 – Karabakh 1)
de Ferreira 1 (Zimbru Chisinau 0 – Pacos de Ferreira 1)
(Juvenes/Dogana 0 – Polonia Warsaw 5)
(Sturm Graz 3 – Siroki Brijeg 2)
(Basel 7 – Santa Coloma 1)
(Honka 3 – Bangor City 0)
(MSK Zilina 3 – Dacia Chisinau 0)
(Anorthosis 3 – Petrovac 4)
(St. Patrick’s 2 – Valletta 1)
(Omonia 8 – HB 1)
(Gorica 1- Lahti 2)
(Sigma Olomouc 3 – Fram 1)
(Legia Warsaw 4 – Olimpi Rustavi 0)
(Falkirk 1 – Vaduz 2)
(Elfsborg 3 – Haladas 0)
(Rapid Vienna 8 – Vllaznia 0)
(Naftan 2 – KAA Gent 2)
Tbilisi 3 (Liepajas Metalurgs 3 – Dinamo Tbilisi 4)
(Differdange 1 – Rijeka 3)
(Suduva 1 – Randers 2)
(Vetra 3 – HJK Helsinki 2)
(Milano 2 – Slaven Belupo 12)
(Dinamo Minsk 1 – Tromso 4)
(KR 3 – Larissa 1)
(Brondby 4 – Flora 2)
(Aalborg BK 1 – Slavija 3)
(Steaua Bucharest 4 – Ujpest 1)
(Metalurh Donetsk 5 – MTZ-RIPO 1)
(Crusaders 3 – Rabotnicki 5)
(Bnei Yehuda 5 – Dinaburg 0)
(NAC Breda 8 – Gandzasar 0)
(Cherno More 4 – Iskra-Stal 0)
(Sevojno 1 – Kaunas 1)
(Flamurtari Vlore 2 – Motherwell 8)
(Zestaponi 3 – Helsingborg 4)
(Skonto 1 – Derry City 2)
(Sliema Wanderers 0 – Maccabi Netanya 3)
(Tobol 1 – Galatasary 3)
(Rudar Velenje 0 – Red Star Belgrade 5)
(Sarajevo 2 – Spartak Trnava 1)
upset, as they held Larissa to a 1-1 draw in Greece to take the tie 3-1 on aggregate. Falkirk’s slim first leg advantage was for naught, as Liechtenstein’s Vaduz triumphed 2-0 after extra time. Two of last season’s Champions League surprises were dumped out; Anorthosis were eliminated by Montenegrin side Petrovac, while Aalborg were beaten 3-1 in Bosnia by Slavija. Norwegian big boys Rosenborg fell to Azerbaijan’s Karabakh after failing to score a single goal over two legs.

As for upsets that didn’t quite happen, Zestaponi were heartbroken in the final moments again by Helsingborg. A late goal from Joel Ekstrand, his first for the club, staved off elimination and sent the tie into extra time where Erik Sundin scored the winner. The late away goal that Milos Maric salvaged for Gent last week proved vital, as a 1-0 win in Belgium was enough to send Natfan home. Flora of Estonia and Differdange of Luxembourg could not hold onto their surprising first leg leads; Brondby and Rijeka completed decisive comebacks.

Motherwell also completed a major turnaround from a first leg deficit. After losing in Albania last week, the Steelmen put eight past Flamurtari. Croatians Slaven Belupo also scored eight goals, as they rather emphatically eliminated their former Yugoslavian compatriots, Macedonia’s Milano.

In the final game of the day, Pacos de Ferreira, who had been complaining of the cost that Europa League travel involved, decided, eventually, that there are worse burdens to bear than continuing in European competition. Cristiano scored the only goal of the tie against Zimbru Chisinau in the 84th minute.