Egnatia has made history! The Rrogozhina team has spectacularly defeated Shamrock Rovers with a score of 5-1, securing for the first time in the club's history a place in the league stage of a European competition.
After losing 3-1 in the first leg, Nevil Dede's team pulled off an incredible comeback in Rrogozhina, winning 6-4 on aggregate and advancing to the Europa League play-offs.
Adjesa was the main protagonist with two goals, in the 4th and 38th minutes, while Albanese scored in the 11th and 58th minutes. Gruda scored the other goal in the 20th minute.
Even though Nevil Dede's team was left with 10 players after Ndreca's expulsion at the end of the first half, the team from Rrogozhina did not give up and continued their dominance in the second half.
The friends reacted by finding the net once again through Burke in the 74th minute, a goal that was only worth statistics.
Qualifying for the Europa League play-offs means that Egnatia is mathematically assured of participation in the Conference League stage, guaranteeing a historic achievement for the club and Albanian football.
UEFA regulations stipulate that teams that lose in the Europa League play-offs continue in the Conference League league stage.
Egnatia now dreams of even more: another match to secure a place in the Europa League group stage, as they will face the Norwegians Lillestrom in the play-offs.
Dinamo City also delivered another great European evening, defeating the Latvians of Auda with a convincing 4-0 score and overturning the 1-0 loss in the first leg.
Ilir Daja's "submarine" was irresistible on the road and with a 4-0 victory secured qualification with an overall score of 4-1, advancing to the Conference League play-offs for the second time in its history.
Dinamo started the match at a high pace, but only found the first goal in the 36th minute. Qardaku fired a fantastic shot from the edge of the area, sending the ball into the corner of the goal.
At the end of the first half, the second goal came. In the 45th minute, Qefalia scored a spectacular goal after a beautiful coordination with Qardak, closing the first half with a 2-0 advantage.
Dinamo did not retreat after the break. In the 51st minute, a quick counterattack was completed by Ayodeji, who scored the third goal and gave the Albanian team a secure advantage in the qualification accounts.
The "submarine" sealed the triumph in the 79th minute, when Fadairo scored the fourth goal and the celebration erupted in the Dynamo camp.
With this result, Dinamo secures for the second time in its history a place in the Conference League play-offs where it will face Pafos, thus continuing its European adventure. /LAPSI.al
