Israeli worldwide Eran Zahavi was the star of the present on Wednesday as he bagged a hat-trick for PSV Eindhoven of their 5-1 Champions League second qualifying spherical first leg thrashing of Turkey’s Galatasaray.
Zahavi opened the scoring after simply two minutes and was on the mark once more simply after the half-hour earlier than finishing his treble within the closing minutes.
German 2014 World Cup winner Mario Goetze scored a brace whereas Emre Kilinc netted a comfort because the Dutch hosts all however booked their passage to the third qualifying spherical the place they are going to play both Scotland’s Celtic or Denmark’s Midtjylland, who parted 1-1 in Glasgow on Tuesday.
Crimson Star Belgrade, European champions in 1991, had a much more troublesome time of it as they misplaced 2-1 at Kazakh outfit Kairat Almaty for whom Spaniard Jose Kante scored a first-half opener.
Croatian Dino Mikanovic put by way of his personal aim on the hour to see Crimson Star degree.
However Cameroon defender Macky Bagnack, who solely not too long ago arrived at Kairat from Serbian SuperLiga membership FK Partizan, had the final phrase with a 79th-minute winner.
Elsewhere, Sweden’s Malmo take a 2-1 benefit to Finland for his or her second leg after internet hosting HJK Helsinki.
Croatian ahead Antonio Colak put the Swedes forward in first half stoppage time.
Though Roope Riski levelled issues halfway by way of the second half, Malmo scored once more by way of Danish midfielder Anders Christiansen.
Poland’s Legia Warsaw likewise take a 2-1 result in Estonia’s Flora Tallinn after Rafael Lopes, their Portuguese striker, scored a last-gasp winner.
Bartosz Kapustka had scored on three minutes for the Poles however they appeared to have fluffed their strains when Rauno Sappinen levelled eight minutes into the second half earlier than Lopes’ late intervention.
Olympiakos of Greece thanked a aim from Guinean midfielder Mady Camara for his or her 1-0 house win over Neftchi of Azerbaijan — although he was later despatched off, as was Neftchi’s Mert Celik.
The video games between Mura of Slovenia and Bulgaria’s Ludogorets and Slovan Bratislava of Slovakia and Swiss facet Younger Boys each ended goalless.
(AFP)
