Qualifications for… relaxed Fiorentina and Fenerbahce

The result counts… And in the cases of Fiorentina and Fenerbahce what matters is that they managed to book their place in the quarter-finals of the Conference League, even if today they couldn’t combine it with victories in their current games.

The Italians drew 1-1 with Maccabi Haifa, a result that was enough for them after prevailing 4-3 in their opener. Barak in the 59th minute made it 1-0 which brought his team even closer to qualification, while the Israelis equalized at 1-1 which was also the final score of the match, with Khalili in the 88th minute.

At the same time in Turkey, Fenerbahce, with a 3-0 lead from the first match, experienced a 1-0 defeat by Union Saint-Jiloise, appearing somewhat indifferent. The score of the match was achieved by Rasmussen in the 68th minute.

She also qualified Victoria Plzen which managed to overcome the obstacle of Servet on penalties (3-1). Regular time ended scoreless, as did overtime. In the penalty shootout the home team’s players were on target in the first three with their goalkeeper making two saves out of the three missed penalties taken by the visitors. The final score of 3-1 on penalties sent Victoria through to the next stage and tomorrow’s draw.

The games:

Fenerbahce – Union SZ. 0-1

(68′ Rasmussen)

Fiorentina – Maccabi Haifa 1-1

(59′ Barak – 88′ Khalili)

Pilsen – Servet 0-0 (0-0) (3-1 penalty)