Royal Antwerp FC and Anderlecht have booked away victories tonight in the third preliminary rounds of the Conference League.
Royal Antwerp FC won 1-3 against Lillestrøm SK in Norway. Radja Nainggolan made the 1-2 and 1-3 for the team of trainer Mark van Bommel and technical director Marc Overmars in the second half, after Antwerp had already taken the lead after five minutes via Portuguese defender Dinis Almeida. Vincent Janssen was in the starting line-up, just like in the first two European matches, but was relieved after 65 minutes by the Swiss striker Michael Frey, who was in the starting line in the first two competition matches. Toby Alderweireld stayed behind in Antwerp because of minor complaints as a precaution, Viktor Fischer came in at Antwerp fifteen minutes before the end.
Anderlecht won 0-2 at Paide Linnameeskond, which finished third in Estonia’s Meistriliiga last season. The experienced playmaker Lior Refaelov (36) from Israel was the star of the club from Brussels with an early goal and an assist shortly before half-time (on the Portuguese acquisition Fábio Silva), where Felice Mazzù took over from Vincent Kompany, who left for Burnley. .
In the preliminaries of the Europa League, Ola Toivonen made the second goal ten minutes before the end for Malmö FF, which beat Dudelange from Luxembourg 3-0. Eran Zahavi made the 2-0 for Macccabi Tel Aviv against Aris five minutes before the end. Next Thursday, all return matches will be in the preliminary rounds of the Europa League and Conference League.
Europa League preliminaries:
AEK Larnaca – Partizan Belgrade 2-1
Fenerbahce – Slovacko 3-0
Malmo FF – F91 Dudelange 3-0
Conference League preliminary rounds:
KuPS – BSC Young Boys 0-2
RFS – Hibernians 1-1
Spartak Trnava – Rakow Częstochowa 0-2
Paide Linnameeskond – Anderlecht 0-2
APOEL Nicosia – FC Kyzylzhar 1-0
AIK – KF Shkendija 1-1
FK Neftchi – Rapid Vienna 2-1
Lillestrøm SK – Royal Antwerp FC 1-3
Maccabi Tel Aviv – Aris 2-0
Molde FK – Kisvarda Master Good FC 3-0
Slavia Prague – Panathinaikos 2-0
Viking FK – Sligo Rovers 5-1
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