Europa League loss for LASK, Conference League win for Eintracht
It’s the Europa League and Europa League Conference roundup in Friday’s soccer news, starting with LASK in the Europa League. George Bello subbed out at halftime for LASK’s 2-1 loss at Union St Gilloise in group E. Moses Usor put LASK up in the 24th with Union St Gilloise converting an 84th minute penalty and scoring four minutes into stoppage time. Bello saw yellow in the 28th minute.
Erik Palmer-Brown wasn’t in the squad for Panathinaikos, losing 2-1 at home to Rennes in group F. Rennes scored in the 7th and 49th minutes with Fotis Ioannidis converting a 61st minute penalty for Panathinaikos.
In the Europa Conference League, Paxten Aaronson subbed on in the 56th and Timmy Chandler followed in the 79th for Eintracht’s 6-0 home win over HJK in group G. Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe converted a 12th minute penalty, Robin Koch doubled the lead in the 27th, and Omar Marmoush scored in the 30th. Tuta made it 4-0 Eintracht three minutes into stoppage time, Ellyes Skhiri scored in the 55th, and Chandler assisted on Ebimbe’s goal in the 89th.
Mark McKenzie’s KRC Genk drew 0-0 at home with Ferencvaros in group F. Genk’s Rolu Arokodare saw red three minutes into stoppage time. Djordje Mihailovic subbed on in the 87th minute of AZ’s 4-1 home loss to Aston Villa. Trailing 4-0 from goals in the 13th, 23rd, 51st, and 56th, AZ’s Ibrahim Sadiq scored in the 65th minute.
Owen Otasowie wasn’t in the squad for Club Brugge’s 3-1 win at Lugano in group D. Eder Alvarez Balanta put Club Brugge up in the 15th and Andreas Skov Olsen doubled the lead in the 50th. Lugano pulled a goal back in the 74th but Hans Vanaken finished off the Club Brugge scoring in the 87th.
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