Conference league: Co-qualifiers mostly won, Greek top club close to elimination

On Thursday, the first matches of the second round of the European Conference League were played. Two Czech clubs were in action, Slavia won 4:0 and Sparta played without goals. How did the Slovaks and the teams fighting for the top 15 in the coefficient do?

Two of the Slovak teams are doing well. Spartak Trnava beat Welsh side Newton 4-1 at home thanks to a hat-trick from Yusuf Bamidele and Dunajská Streda beat Vikingur 2-0 in the Faroe Islands

Ruzomberok failed to do well, losing 0:3 at home to Rize of Latvia.Sparta has one eye on the match between Motherwell of Scotland and Sligo Rovers of Ireland, the winner of which will face the winner of the match in case of promotion. Sligo will take a 1:0 win into the home rematch.

In the competition for the top 15 of the UEFA coefficient guaranteeing five places in Europe and the Champions League qualification, Croatian Osijek beat Kyzylzhar 2: 1, Swiss Bern beat Liepaja 1: 0 or Norwegian Molde beat Elfsborg 4: 1.

Among the Norwegian clubs, Viking fought against Sparta and Lillestrom won against SJK 1: 0. The Danes also improved, with Viborg winning 1: 0 at Suduva and Brondby taking home a promising 1: 1 draw with Pogon Szczecin.

The Czechs are also not disappointed by the wins of Swiss Basel over Crusanders 2:0, Ukrainian Vorskla over AIK 3:2, Greek Aris Thessaloniki over Gomel 5:1 and Turkish Konyaspor over Bate Borisov.

The only losses for the competitors were recorded in PAOK Thessaloniki’s 0:2 loss to Levski, Austrian Rapid’s goalless draws with Lech Poznan and Cyprus’ Apoel with Botev Plovdiv, and Turkish Baseksehir’s 1:1 split with Netanya.

The return leg is scheduled for next week and full results can be found on the UEFA website.

Source: UEFA