Aug 10, 2023 at 10:11 PM Update: 2 minutes ago
Patrick Kluivert took a new step towards the main tournament of the Conference League with Adana Demirspor on Thursday. Thanks to a 5-1 win over NK Osijek, the Turkish club is close to the play-offs. John van den Brom was also successful with Lech Poznan in the preliminary rounds of the third European club tournament.
Kluivert took on the challenge in Turkey this summer and immediately faces a few important matches. In the second preliminary round, the former striker eliminated the Romanian CFR Cluj with Demirspor and now he did good business against NK Osijek.
In the first match of the third preliminary round, Demirspor had no problem with Osijek for its own audience. Demirspor had a dream start via a goal from former AZ defender Jonas Svensson, after which Kluivert’s team ran out to 5-1.
With a comfortable margin, 47-year-old Kluivert will travel to Croatia next week. If Demirspor holds onto the lead there, the club will qualify for the play-offs. If that round is also won, placement for the Conference League is a fact.
Demirspor surprisingly finished fourth in the league last season behind Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe and Besiktas. At the Turkish club, Kluivert is working on his first job as a club coach since 2013, when he was in charge of FC Twente’s promises.
SVENSSON 🚀
Adana Demirspor continues its magnificent goals in Europe! 🔥 #UECL pic.twitter.com/0dnwA1QBBd
— EXXENSPOR (@exxensport) August 10, 2023
Van den Brom narrowly wins
Van den Brom also took the next step towards the main tournament of the Conference League. With the Polish Lech Poznan he won the first match in the third preliminary round 2-1 against FC Spartak Trnava from Slovakia.
At Lech Poznan, Filip Bednarek was under the bar for the entire match. The former goalkeeper of FC Twente, FC Utrecht, De Graafschap and sc Heerenveen seemed to keep a clean sheet for a long time, but conceded a goal from Lukas Stetina just before time.
Filip Marchwinski and Kristoffer Velde scored on behalf of Lech Poznan, which will defend the lead in the return next week. The return will take place in Slovakia on Thursday.
Vente scores for FC Luzern
Dylan Vente was accurate on behalf of Hibernian in the home game against FC Luzern on Thursday. The Scots won 3-1 against the Swiss club.
The Dutch striker, who came over from Roda JC this summer, signed for 2-1 in the 73rd minute and that was the first European goal in his career. On behalf of Feyenoord, Vente was accurate four times in the Eredivisie.
Hibernian’s other goals came from England’s Joe Newell (1-0) and Jordan Obita (3-1). Kosovar Ismajl Beka scored on behalf of Luzern (1-1).
Main conference league results
FC Santa Coloma-AZ 0-1
Arouca-SK Brann 2-1
FC Twente-Riga FC 2-0
Fenerbahce-NK Maribor 3-1
Adana Demirspor-NK Osijek 5-1
Lech Poznan-FC Spartak Trnava 2-1
Hibernian FC Luzern 3-1
Club Brugge-KA 5-1
View all results in the Conference League here
2023-08-10 20:11:16
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