Half an hour for Gloukh, Ajax advanced to the Conference League league phase
The Israeli came off the bench and did not influence his team's 5:3 win over Sion (9:5 on aggregate). A brace for Tolu Arokodare. Kanichowsky watched his team complete the job against Mohamed Salah. Red Star, without Abu Fani, collapsed again.
After the 4:2 win in Switzerland last week, Ajax returned to Amsterdam this Thursday, beat Sion 5:3 (9:5 on aggregate) and secured their place in the Conference League league phase. Jori Bastiaans (1), Davy Klaassen (39), Tolu Arokodare (45+1, 51) and Oliver Edvardsen (54) scored, while Winsley Boteli shone on the other side with a hat-trick that was not enough (18, 36, 90).
Oscar Gloukh started on Midtjylland's bench and came off it in the 60th minute, after all his team's goals had already been scored. On Sunday, Ajax will return to the Dutch league and visit Telstar, where the Israeli will hope to regain his place in the starting 11.
Injured Stav Lemkin was not included in Twente's squad for the second leg against Qarabag, but that did not prevent the Dutch from completing a huge 4:1 win and securing the coveted ticket to the Conference League league phase.
Suspended Mohamed Abu Fani was not included in Red Star Belgrade's squad for the second leg against Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League qualifiers, and luckily for him, he was not part of his teammates' collapse. After a 3:0 win for the Serbs in the first leg, Plzen dragged the game into extra time with a 4:1 win at the end of regulation time, and closed the story with a winning goal in the 96th minute. The Serbs will console themselves with the Conference League, while the Czechs will continue to the Europa League league phase.
Gabi Kanichowsky also did not step onto the pitch this time, but watched his team complete the job against Trabzonspor and Mohamed Salah with a resounding 4:0 win and a surprising 5:0 aggregate score on the way to the Europa League league phase.
