Sports News | Tottenham, AC Milan Advance in Europa League Qualifying
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Tottenham needed two late goals to secure a 2-1 victory over nine-man Lokomotiv Plovdiv in Europa League qualifying, while AC Milan and Rangers also advanced.
London, Sep 18 (AP) Tottenham needed two late goals to secure a 2-1 victory over nine-man Lokomotiv Plovdiv in Europa League qualifying, while AC Milan and Rangers also advanced.
Tottenham went 1-0 down in the 71st minute but Harry Kane equalized from the penalty spot 10 minutes from time before substitute Tanguy Ndombele netted the winner five minutes later to send Spurs through to the third qualifying round on Thursday.
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Plovdiv had two players sent off in the incident that led to Kane's penalty, as Dinis Almeida was given a straight red for handball before Birsent Karagaren was shown a second yellow for dissent.
Milan beat Shamrock Rovers 2-0 in Dublin with Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoring the opener in the first half before Hakan Calhanoglu completed the victory in the second.
All qualifying games in UEFA's club competitions are being played without fans in the stadiums because of the pandemic.
Also Thursday, Dennis Man converted the decisive penalty in a shootout after scoring a hat trick to to help Romania's FCSB beat nine-man Backa Topola in Serbia in a game that finished 4-4 after 90 minutes and 6-6 following extra time.
FCSB had only 14 players available due to coronavirus infections and most of its coaching staff quarantined.
Rangers routed Lincoln Red Imps 5-0 in Gibraltar. Norway's Rosenborg advanced with a 5-1 victory at Latvia's Ventspils and Spanish side Granada won 4-0 at Albania's Teuta.
Copenhagen beat Swedish club IFK Gothenburg 2-1, while Wolfsburg cruised past Albania's Kukes 4-0 in Tirana. (AP)
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