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 | | Swansea defeat Romanians, Norwegians hit Besiktas23.08.2013 |
The winner of the FA Cup Swansea City can be considered as almost certain participant in the group stage of Europa League, having defeated the Romanian Petrolul with 5:1 in the first playoff match between them.
The manager of the Welsh - who however are racing under the British flag - Michael Laudrup clearly showed his intentions even with the choice of starting line-up. The Dane ignored his usual pattern with one central striker, this time to Michu put and the record signing Wilfried Bony.
The guests from the Balkans from the first minutes were forced into their own half and more than logical Wayne Rautlidzh found after 14 minutes. The wing took a good pass from Dzhondzho Shelvi and with a nice shot past the Brazilian guard Pesanya.
After 22 minutes Michu doubled the lead of the hosts, but after another three Rautlidzh struck his second goal in the game.
Three more goals saw the viewers at "Liberty" in the second half as Bonnie in the 58th and Potsuelo in the 70th doubiha in the little intrigue. Petrolul reached his honorable goal three minutes before the end when Grozav benefit from a good pass of Sitya.
In another match of the playoffs the Turkish giants Besiktas made ​​a surprising 1:2 defeat as a guest of the Norwegian Tromso. For the team of Turkey, it was the first match in European competition this season, while the Scandinavians are in a good rhythm after participated in the previous three rounds.
Otherwise Hugo Almeida put the guests ahead as early as in the 9th minute, but after the break Tromso was able to change the things in the game. First Gulum from the Turks fouled a rival into the penalty box and in the 49th minute Bendiksen equalized, after another twenty minutes Pritchard brought the valuable victory.
The second legs are next week.
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