Tottenham and AC Milan obtained their ticket for the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League on Thursday: in pain for the English, winners in Plovdiv (2-1), more easily for AC Milan, victorious at the Shamrock Rovers (2-0).
Finalists of the Champions League in 2019, the Spurs of José Mourinho will surely have to be content this season of the Europa League.
With their success with the Bulgarians of Lokomotiv Plovdiv, the British took a step towards the C3, not without suffering.
First led 1-0 in the 71st, they reversed the match in the last quarter of an hour against an opponent reduced to 9 in the space of two minutes.
Harry Kane from the penalty spot (80th) and Tanguy Ndombélé (85th), entered on time, did not miss the opportunity to send Tottenham to the third round, where the Macedonian club Skendija 79 awaits him.
AC Milan have better negotiated their trip to the Irish Shamrock Rovers, thanks to goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic (23rd) and Hakan Çalhanoglu (67th).
The Milanese will face the Norwegians Bodoe / Glimt in the next round.
Wolfsburg, Glasgow Rangers, Galatasaray, Granada, Standard de Liège and Copenhagen have also secured their qualification for the 3rd round scheduled for September 24.
Reims will also be part of the trip.
The French, C1 finalists in 1956 and 1959, made a successful comeback, 57 years after their last European meeting, by winning 1-0 in Geneva at Le Servette thanks to Valon Berisha (4th).
The results of the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa League:
Wednesday September 16
Progrès (LUX) - Willem II (NED) 0-5
Hammarby (SWE) - Lech (POL) 0-3
B36 (FRO) - TNS (WAL) 2 -2 (5-4 tab), B36 qualified
Thursday September 17
FC Kaysar (KAZ) - APOEL Nicosia (CYP) 1-4
FK Ventspils (LAT) - Rosenborg (NOR) 1-5
Renova Dzepciste (MKD) - Hajduk Split (CRO) 0-1
Teuta Durrës (ALB) - Granada (ESP) 0-4
Astana (KAZ) - Podgorica (MNE) 0-1
FC Ararat-Armenia (ARM) - CS Fola Esch (LUX) 4-3 after
Lincoln FC (GIB) - Glasgow Rangers (SCO) 0- 5
KuPS (FIN) - Slovan Bratislava (SVK) 1-1 (4-3 tab), KuPS qualified
Botosani (ROU) - Skendija 79 (MKD) 0-1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv (BUL) - Tottenham (ENG) 1-2
Neftchi (AZE) - Galatasaray (TUR) 1-3
IFK Göteborg (SWE) - Copenhagen (DEN) 1-2
Trakai (LTU) - Slovan Liberec (CZE) 1-5
Bodoe / Glimt (NOR) - Zalgiris Vilnius (LTU) 3 -1
Olimpija Ljubljana (SLO) - NK Zrinjski (BIH) 2-3 ap
Flora (EST) - KR Reykjavik (ISL) 2-1
Maccabi Haifa (ISR) - Kairat Almaty (KAZ) 2-1
Sfintul Gheorghe (MDA) - Partizan Belgrade (SRB) 0-1 ap
Locomotive Tbilisi (GEO) - Dinamo Moscow (RUS) 2-1
CSKA Sofia (BUL) - BATE Borisov (BLR) 2-0
Laci (ALB) - Hapoel Beer Sheva (ISR) 1- 2
Hibernians (MLT) - Vidi (HUN) 0-1
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FI Crete (GRE) - Apollon Limassol (CYP) 0-1
Djurgardens IF (SWE) - College Europa (GIB) 2-1
Gap Connah's Quay (WAL) - Dinamo Tbilissi (GEO)
Inter d`Escaldes (AND) - Dundalk ( IRL) 0-1
Shamrock Rovers (IRL) - AC Milan (ITA) 0-2
Piast Gliwice (POL) - TSV Hartberg (AUT) 3-2
Standard Liège (BEL) - Bala Town (WAL) 2-0
Aris Salonika ( GRE) - Kolos Kovalivka (UKR) 1-2
Borac Banja Luka (BIH) - Rio Ave (POR) 0-2
Kukesi (ALB) - Wolfsburg (GER) 0-4
Sileks Kratovo (MKD) - Drita (KOS) 0- 2
NS Mura (SLO) - Arhus (DEN) 3-0
Viking (NOR) - Aberdeen (SCO) 0-2
Servette FC (SUI) - Reims (FRA) 0-1
Osijek (CRO) - Basel (SUI) 1- 2
Linfield (NIR) - Floriana (MLT) 0-1
Honved (HUN) - Malmö (SWE) 0-2
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