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Shamrock Rovers landed themselves a Europa League third qualifying round tie against Serie A giants Juventus after winning in Israel.
The Irish side had drawn the home leg of their tie against Bnei Yehuda 1-1 but a goal from Thomas Stewart was enough to see them through to set up the daunting task of meeting Juve.
Portadown, however, are out after a 1-1 draw at Qarabag saw them eliminated 3-2 on aggregate. Kevin Braniff had put them ahead but an equaliser from Afran Ismayilov put the Azerbaijan side through.
Northern Ireland's Cliftonville also advanced thanks to a goalless draw in Croatia against Cibalia, Ciaran Caldwell's first-leg goal proving the difference across the two legs. They will now meet CSKA Sofia.
Bangor City of Wales scored twice at the end of their tie against Honka of Finland to sneak into the next round. Chris Jones' injury-time strike gave them a 3-2 aggregate win over Honka, who had knocked them out at this stage of last season's competition. Sampo Koskinen had put the visitors 1-0 ahead on the night, and 2-1 up on aggregate, before David Morley levelled matters five minutes from time and Jones struck to send them through to a meeting with Maritimo.
Garra Dembele scored both goals as Levski Sofia beat Dundalk 2-0 to complete an 8-0 whitewash. Dembele scored in the fourth and 33rd minutes at Oriel Park.
Motherwell eased through to the third qualifying round of the Europa League after a 1-0 victory over Breidablik at the Kopavogsvollur stadium gave them a 2-0 win on aggregate.
Striker Jamie Murphy grabbed the crucial goal for the visitors three minutes from the break when he latched on to a long Stephen Craigan free-kick to slide the ball past home keeper Ingvar Thor Kale from around 12 yards. |
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