2023-08-31 21:21:32
In the wake of La Gantoise, Club Brugge and Genk also qualified for the group stage of the Conference League football, the 3rd European level, on Thursday.
Club Brugge won in Spain (1-2) in the first leg and shared in the return (2-2). It was at home that the people of Bruges validated their place in the pools following having been led 0-2. Thanks to the 73rd to Thiago and three minutes later to Skov Olsen, the Club equalized and qualified narrowly.
Genk went on penalties. Forced into extra time in Turkey by Adana Demirspor who scored through Ndiaye in stoppage time in the first period (45th + 10), Wouter Vrancken’s men emerged thanks to a clear round in the fateful event (5 shots on goal at 4). The score remained at 1-0 following extra time. The Limburgers won 2-1 in the first leg.
Earlier in the evening, the Ghents had validated their ticket thanks to a victory at APOEL Nicosia (1-2). The Buffalos had already won 2-0 in the first leg once morest the Cypriots. The Ghent goals were scored by Matisse Samoise in the 29th and Tarik Tissoudali in the 79th. Davy Roef was unfortunately awarded the goal once morest his side in stoppage time (90 + 5).
The draw for this group stage will take place on Friday (2:30 p.m.) in Monaco, Switzerland at the headquarters of UEFA, the European Football Union, and will concern 32 teams, i.e. the 22 teams qualified at the end of the play-offs and ten Europa League clubs beat them in their last round of playoffs, including Lugano eliminated by Union St-Gilloise on Thursday.
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