Muhamed Tijani and Tolu Arokodare were both on target as Slavia Prague and Genk recoded 2-0 and 2-1 victories over Zorya and Adana Demirspor in the final playoff round of the UEFA Europa League qualifiers and the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers on Thursday.
Slavia edged past another Ukrainian side Dnipro in the previous round while Genk lost to Olympiacos in the Europa League third qualifying round and dropped to the Europa Conference League as a result.
He did it again!
The man of the last games! ???? #slazor https://t.co/YcecTdAHq8
— SK Slavia Prague EN (@slavia_eng) August 24, 2023
Slavia’s first leg home tie against Zorya was a tough one and had to wait until the 81st minute when Petr Sevcik assisted Tijani for the opener. Another Nigerian in substitute Bolu Ogungbayi provided the assist for the second goal which was scored by Lukasrkidh Masopust deep in injury time.
Genk meanwhile had to come from behind to defeat Adana Demirspor. The Turkish Super Lig side took the lead in the 47th minute courtesy of Emre Akbaba but Genk responded 30 minutes later via Arokodare who was assisted by Matias Galarza. The comeback was complete in added time thanks to Daniel Munoz.
Double trouble ????#krcgenk #mijnploeg #OverLandEnZee pic.twitter.com/Osg8KEWSwu
— KRC Genk (@KRCGenkofficial) August 24, 2023
The return leg for both games will take place next Thursday with the winner on aggregate progressing to the group stage of the Europa League and Europa Conference League.
