Clean her up Karabagh with 10 players n Tottenham!
Maybe the Londoners saw him Dragushin to be sent off with a straight red card from the very 8th minute of their home match against Qarabag (which Olympiacos will face in the last matchday), however they managed to impose their pace and finally celebrate the comfortable victory with 3-0starting with the right hand their obligations in the League Phase of the Europa League!
The match started with a delay of 35 minutes, because the Karabagh team was late in arriving at the stadium due to a problem with the heavy traffic on the surrounding roads.
Tottenham were called down with a man down after just 8 minutes, with Dragusin facing the referee’s straight red card, miscontrolling and bringing down Zuninho as the last defender.
However, Postecoglou’s team were not deterred and were aggressive in the opening minutes, even opening the scoring in the 12th minute, when Sarr stole the ball and Solanke “smashed” it perfectly in Johnsonwho had no trouble making it 1-0 with a beautiful spot kick!
In the 18th minute, Bairamov came out on the Qarabag counter-attack, seeing Udoji cut him down just before he finished, catching him with an incredible sprint, while in the 28th minute, Johnson almost scored again, with the shot going narrowly wide of the goal. Azeri. Despite their numerical disadvantage, Tottenham had very large percentages of possession, with Qarabag “touching” the equalizer in the 40th minute, with Zuninho shooting narrowly wide from a very advantageous position.
At the start of the second half (53′), Tottenham found a second goal, when after a corner Sar he found himself unmarked at the second post, “writing” comfortably 2-0, while in the 58th minute, Qarabag missed a penalty, with Bayramov executing it badly over the posts. The 3-0 came in the 68th minute from Solankewith the Londoners thus overcoming the difficulties and starting their obligations in this year’s Europa League on the right foot!
Detailed results of the 1st round:
Wednesday 25/09
Alkmaar-Elfsborg 3-2
(44′, 50′ Van Bommel, 74′ pen. Parrott – 23′ Umma, 53′ Hedlund)
Bodo/Glimt-Porto 3-2
(15′ Hogg, 40′, 62′ Hauge – 8′ Omorontion, 90′ Goul)
Anderlecht-Ferentzvaros 2-1
(60′ Verseren, 66′ pen. Dolberg – 86′ Traore)
Galatasaray-PAOK 3-1
(48′ auto. Bamba, 76′ Akgun – 67′ Konstantelias)
Dynamo Kyiv-Lazio 0-3
(5′, 35′ Dia, 34′ Dele-Basirou)
Ludogorets-Slavia Prague 0-2
(37′ Jurasek, 65′ Chitil)
Manchester United-Twente 1-1
(35′ Eriksen – 68′ Lammers)
Midland-Hoffenheim 1-1
(42′ Osorio – 89′ Mersted)
Nice-Sociedad 1-1
(45′ Rosario – 18′ Barenetsea)
Thursday 26/09
Malmo-Rangers 0-2
(1′ Bayrami, 76′ McCausland)
Fenerbahce-Saint-Zilois 2-1
(26′ Sojontsu, 82′ Burgess own goal – 90’+3′ Sykes)
Ajax-Besiktas 4-0
(31′ Fitch-Jim, 51’/73′ Hotch, 55′ Taylor)
Eintracht Frankfurt-Victoria Plzeň 3-3
(38′ Ekitike, 62′ Ebibe, 67′ Christensen – 41′ Schultz, 86′ Andou, 90’+2′ Jemelka)
Lyon-Olympic 2-0
(65′ Serki, 71′ Benrahma)
Braga-Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-1
(88′, 90’+5′ Bruma – 30′ Davida)
Roma-Bilbao 1-1
(32′ Dovbik – 85′ Paredes)
Steaua Bucharest-Riga 4-1
(8′ Birlitzea, 32′ Stefanescu, 58′, 69′ Olaru – 23′ Lipuscek)
Tottenham-Qarabag 3-0
(12′ Johnson, 52′ Sarr, 68′ Solanke)
Source: Sport Fm
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