2023-24 Europa League: 3rd qualifying round

[Firnen]

Genk leads 1-0 at HT after a silly penalty Freire gave, which was repeated since the German referee decided that Olympiacos GK had moved off the line.

The match is devoid of chances since Olympiacos cannot play in a high tempo and even 1-0 down seeks to slow down the match and find a goal somehow at some point.

[Bulgarian]

Ludo trashes Astana

[Tricolores]

Genk reduced to ten man after the goalscoring Paintsil got send off. Genk was way better up to now, but this might ruin their game.

[og2002gr]

Big present for naive Genk player.
Now Olympiacos can feel more confident

[quelhar]

Dnipro - Slavia 1-1

Not very exciting match, Slavia in control most of the time and not really trying to win the match but only to go through to the next round. Dnipro lead 1-0 at HT but never looked like being able to score another two goals.

[Tricolores]

After Servette, Genk gives away another qualification.

[bjkman1903]

After Servette, Genk gives away another qualification.

One more time, please Genk?
Jamais 2 sans 3

[Gorandinho]

Olympiakos was terrible but Paintsil is an idiot and gifted them a present

[Firnen]

Olympiacos will be in European Groups, hugh sigh of relief after a match in which Olympiacos showed once again that this squad is mediocre, not fast enough, not physical enough and not skilled enough for a high level.

But they were defensively good enough to not allow Genk a lot of chances, and Genk gifted them a numerical advantage of nowhere.

Alexandropoulos, coach Martinez's sub scored in the 95th minute and secured a minimum of 3 clubs in Groups for Greece!

Olympiacos now faces an easier opponent, Cukaricki, in their effort to reach EL Groups.

[amenina]

Third qualifying round results
First legs
Tuesday 8 August
Champions path
Astana (KAZ) 2-1 Ludogorets (BUL)

Thursday 10 August
Champions path
Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) 1-3 Häcken (SWE)
Qarabağ (AZE) 2-1 HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Zrinjski (BIH) 6-2 Breidablik (ISL)
Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) 5-1 BATE Borisov (BLR)

Main path
Olympiacos (GRE) 1-0 Genk (BEL)
Slavia Praha (CZE) 3-0 Dnipro-1 (UKR)

Second legs
Thursday 17 August
Champions path
Häcken (SWE) 5-0 Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) (agg 8-1)
HJK Helsinki (FIN) 1-2 Qarabağ (AZE) (agg 2-4)
Breidablik (ISL) 1-0 Zrinjski (BIH) (agg: 3-6)
BATE Borisov (BLR) 2-2 Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) (agg 3-7)
Ludogorets (BUL) 5-1 Astana (KAZ) (agg: 6-3)

Main path
Genk (BEL) 1-1 Olympiacos (GRE) (agg: 1-2)
Dnipro-1 (UKR) 1-1 Slavia Praha (CZE) (agg: 1-4)

[Juliusz]

Second legs attendances

Genk - Olympiacos 11,998
HJK - Qarabağ 7,612
Dnipro-1 - Slavia Praha 5,855
Ludogorets - Astana 5,469
Häcken - Žalgiris Vilnius 3,926
Breiðablik - Zrinjski 673
BATE Borisov - Sheriff 0 (behind closed doors)

[Polak]

No surprises in this round. Perhaps I expected a bit more from Zalgiris, considering they kept the aggregate score against Galatasaray close, but in terms of who went through and who went out, pretty much as expected.

[Tricolores]

After Servette, Genk gives away another qualification.

One more time, please Genk?
Jamais 2 sans 3

They are not performing at their best, also in the league. You have more than just a good shot, I think you might be favorites for this one.

[anty1975]

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