AZ late show edges out Astra
AZ late show edges out Astra
Eredivisie club AZ needed two goals in the final 10 minutes against Astra to turn its UEFA Europa League tie around.
Jop van der Linden and Robert Muhren were the AZ heroes as it secured a 4-3 aggregate triumph with its last-gasp 2-0 win.
A Dodo double helped Qabala to a 2-2 draw against Panathinaikos, the Azerbaijani side going through on away goals thanks to the Brazilian's efforts in Athens.
Its compatriots Qarabag is also through after a comprehensive 5-0 aggregate win over Young Boys, while Viktoria Plzen progressed with the same scoreline after a 2-0 victory at Vojvodina.
Borussia Dortmund booked its place in the group stage with a comprehensive 7-2 victory over Odd.
Thomas Tuchel's side was rampant at Signal Iduna Park, its slick passing and movement creating a host of chances on the Odd goal.
After Ole Halvorsen had given the visitor a surprise lead, Dortmund took control and goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Shinji Kagawa sandwiched a Marco Reus double to put it in complete command at the break.
Ilkay Gundogan grabbed his first of the season before Reus completed his hat-trick and Kagawa wrapped up an emphatic 11-5 aggregate win a minute from the end.
Dortmund will be joined in Friday's group-stage draw by Bordeaux and Ajax after both snuck through their second legs against Kairat and Jablonec respectively.
Bordeaux needed a late Enzo Crivelli strike to earn a 2-2 aggregate draw and progress on away goals, while 10-man Ajax drew 0-0 in the Czech Republic to advance 1-0.
The Premier League will only have its two automatic qualifiers - Liverpool and Tottenham - in the competition proper after Southampton was beaten 1-0, and 2-1 on aggregate, by Midtjylland – Morten Rasmussen grabbing the only goal in Denmark.
After its 5-1 win over HJK in the first leg, Krasnodar was able to cruise through courtesy of a goalless draw in Finland, while Lech Poznan completed a 4-0 aggregate success with a 1-0 win over Videoton.
Away goal wins were the order of the day for Molde – which beat Standard Liege despite a 3-1 second-leg defeat - and Athletic Bilbao, whose 1-0 win over Zilina at San Mames resulted in the tie ending at 3-3.
Friday (AEST) also saw narrow aggregate wins for Rubin Kazan, Saint-Etienne and Legia Warsaw, while Fenerbahce and PAOK comfortably made it through and Belenenses's 0-0 draw with Rheindorf Altach saw the Portuguese side progress thanks to a 1-0 first-leg win.
A six-goal thriller in Switzerland was not enough to see Thun past Sparta Prague. Nelson Ferreira's double resulted in a 3-3 draw at the Stockhorn Arena, but it was not enough for the Swiss side, which was already 3-1 down.
Slovan Liberec and Rosenborg are also into the draw, while Dinamo Minsk needed penalties against Red Bull Salzburg - which reached last season's round of 32 - to secure its place.