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Champions League First Qualifying Round Recap

Last night saw the 5th and final first leg tie of the 2017/18 Champions League 1st Qualifying Round. Linfield who have got the very obvious carrot of facing Celtic in the next round made particularly hard work of San Marinese opposition last night.

The Linfield players may well have been accused of looking too far ahead and not focusing on the job in hand last night as it took an 89th minute winner to break the stubborn resistance if La Florita last night. Jordan Stewart was very much the hero as he came off the bench to give Linfield the advantage going into next week’s return fixture

Below is the best of the action from last night

 

The other participants from the United Kingdom did not fare as well as The New Saints lost 2-1 at home to Gibraltar’s FC Europa. TNS went behind early on Alex Quillo tapped home from close range after a neat build up out on the left hand side. The home side would however be level just before the break and what a goal it was

Scott Quigley received the ball with his back to goal, a neat first touch teed up a shot nicely and he thrashed home a volley past Javi Munoz to make it 1-1. But the Welsh Premier League side are going to have it all to do as FC Europa once again got ahead with just 13 minutes left.

Kike Gómez who laid on the first would this time get a goal of his own, a well placed curling effort from the edge of the box nestled neatly inside the post to but the Gibraltarian’s ahead for the second time and that would ultimately prove to be the winner.

Here is the pick of the action from Oswestry

Maltese champions Hibernians made easy work of Infonet Tallinn on Tuesday night with a 2-0 win

While Alashkert of Armenia beat FC Santa Coloma of Andorra by a solitary goal

Kosovan’s side FC Trepca made history as the first Kosovan side to play in the Champions League, although it was a historic night it was not a successful one as they lost 2-1 to Faroe Islands outfit Vikingur Gota. This is still evenly poised going into the 2nd leg

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