Saturday, 29 August 2009

Results of the second-leg matches in UEFA Europa League

Fenerbahçe: 2 - F.C Sion: 2

Fenerbahçe had won the first leg match 2-0 against F.C Sion in Switzerland. With the ease and morale of that, Fenerbahçe didn't take the importance of the second leg match so seriously as much as they did in the first match. Fenerbahçe scored their first goal in the just 2nd minute with Dos Santos: 1-0. But in the 8th minute F.C Sion player Vanczak scored the equalising goal with header: 1-1. In the 29th minute, Dabo was made a foul inside the box. Chihab scored the goal from a penalty kick: 2-1. Now, it was the time to panic for Fenerbahçe, because if Sion had scored one more goal and the match had ended 3-1 then Fenerbahçe would be eliminated. They played just 10 minutes with stress and in the 40th minute, Andre Dos Santos scored his second goal from a penalty kick: 2-2. The first half ended 2-2. The second half was not so fast-paced. Both teams couldn't find so many scoring opportunities and finally the match ended 2-2, Fenerbahçe saw F.C Sion off and advanced to the UEFA Europa League group stages.

Levadia Tallinn: 1 - Galatasaray: 1

The second leg match; Levadia - Galatasaray ended 1-1. Galatasaray's coach Frank Rijkaard made some changes in team's squad; 9 different players started in the first eleven. Galatasaray was the attacking side even though the change in the team. Unlike people expected, Levadia kept on defencing and tried to score goals with counter attacks. Galatasaray's key player Elano was the best player on the pitch. He made some particular passes and was the leader of the team. Levadia Tallinn's goal was scored by Puri in the 52nd minute. But then Galatasaray made the score 1-1 with Nonda's goal. Even though Galatasaray was the dominant team in the whole game, they couldn't win the game and returned to Turkey with a draw. Next month, they will be playing in the group stages in UEFA Europa League and Levadia will be trying to win the championship in Estonia League. Good luck for both teams...

Toulouse F.C: 0 - Trabzonspor: 1

Trabzonspor won the second leg match 1-0 in France. Usually 1-0 away win is a good score for away team. But this time Trabzonspor were unluckily eliminated because of the result of the first leg match: 1-3 (Toulouse won in Turkey). The only goal was scored by Ceyhun Gülselam in the 56th minute. In the remaining minutes, Trabzonspor couldn't score more goals and eliminate Toulouse F.C. Toulouse F.C advanced to the group stages.

Shakhtar Donetsk: 2 Sivasspor: 0

Shaktar Donetsk won the second match 2-0 that they played against Sivasspor (the first match 3-0, aggregate 5-0). Shakhtar, generally, was the dominant side in the match. The goals were scored by Jadson (21th min, penalty) and Luiz Adriano (59th min, penalty). Sivasspor's goalkeeper Akın prevented Sivasspor from losing the match with more than two-goal-difference. In short it was an easy draw for Shakhtar Donetsk but an unlucky draw for Sivasspor.

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