UEFA Intertoto Cup, results

FK Ekranas 1-3 Rosenborg BK
The Norwegian visitors brought a strong European pedigree with them to Lithuania and took the lead after just 14 minutes, the 38-year-old Roar Strand heading in from a corner. However, Ekranas responded within a minute, Egidijus Varnas converting well from a right-wing cross. Rosenborg retook the lead ten minutes before the break, again from a corner, this time through Uruguayan defender Alejandro Lago. The visitors dominated after the interval and Yssouf Koné scored their third midway through the second half to give them a healthy advantage ahead of the second leg.

Hibernian FC 0-2 IF Elfsborg
Goals in each half gave Elfsborg a comfortable first-leg win at Easter Road. The visitors took the lead after 16 minutes when Anders Svensson's defence-splitting pass was put away by Emir Bajrami. Andreas Augustsson doubled his side's advantage 20 minutes after the break firing in a deflected shot from the edge of the area which squirmed through the grasp of home goalkeeper Yves Ma-Kalambay.

OFK Beograd 1-0 Panionios GSS
The Serbian side gained a narrow advantage to take to Greece after a match played in stifling 40C heat in Belgrade. Following a tight first half, the deadlock was broken in the 69th minute, Andrija Kaludjerović latching on to a Zoran Milovac pass and out-pacing the defensive cover before finishing from close range. The match was OFK's eleventh in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, a national record.

FC TPS Turku 1-2 Odense BK
Goals at the beginning and end of the game gave Odense a first-leg win to take back to Denmark. The visitors went in front after five minutes through Baye Djiby Fall but the Finnish side replied just before the interval when French striker Armand One struck. The home side took the game to their opponents in the second half but it was Odense who got the winner seven minutes from time as captain Chris Sørensen smashed in a long-distance free-kick.

FK Rīga 1-0 Bohemian FC
Rīga will travel to Ireland with a slender advantage after the game's solitary goal came from Valeri Leonov. Playing in Liepaja, Rīga had the best of the first half and went in front a minute before half-time after Russian midfielder Leonov finished off a well-constructed team move. The second period was more even but neither side could make a telling contribution leaving the deciding leg well poised.

FK Renova 1-2 Bnei Sakhnin FC
A dominant performance by Sakhnin gave them a first-leg victory to defend in Haifa next Saturday. The visitors opened the scoring through a 41st-minute penalty from Haled Haliala. They then doubled the lead after the break, Abed Rabah making a purposeful run before striking home from the edge of the area in the 63rd minute. The hosts replied immediately as Aleksandar Angelovski drove in from inside.

Grasshopper-Club 2-1 KS Besa
Herby Fortunat's 83rd-minute goal for Albanian side Besa compounded a frustrating 90 minutes for Grasshoppers, leaving the tie in the balance. The Swiss team, playing in Wohlen rather than in Zurich, finally broke through a stubborn visiting defence when Senad Lulić scored after 66 and 79 minutes. But a rare Besa attack reduced the advantage, as Fortunat silenced the crowd with seven minutes remaining.

FK Teplice 1-3 Budapest Honvéd FC
Honvéd took a two-goal lead back to Hungary after punishing their Czech hosts with a couple of late counterattacks. SK Slavia Praha reject Zoltán Hercegfalvi struck first at the Na Stínadlech stadium. Teplice equalised after half-time through Petr Lukáš and subsequently dominated, only to be undone on the break – Abraham Guie and Abbas Diang scoring after 81 and 90 minutes respectively.

PFC Chernomorets Burgas 1-1 NK Gorica
There was little to separate the sides at Sofia's Vasil Levski National Stadium as Chernomorets and Gorica traded goals in an eight-minute spell soon after the interval. Veteran striker Milan Osterc put the Slovenian visitors ahead, but that was cancelled out by Mishel's 65th-minute strike for the Bulgarian contenders. Gorica finished with ten men after goalkeeper Vasja Šimčič was red-carded for handling outside the area.

KFC Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen 1-1 PFC Neftçi
A 31st-minute equaliser by Giorgi Adamia frustrated Germinal Beerschot as the Belgian club were held at home by Azerbaijani opponents Neftçi. The game seemed to be going to script when Sanharib Malki broke the deadlock after 18 minutes. However, the Neftçi equaliser shocked the Olympisch stadium in Antwerp, and Didier Dheedene wasted the hosts' best chance of redemption on the hour.

FC Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast 7-0 FC Etzella Ettelbrück
Former Russian international striker Dmitri Kirichenko was the hero in Ramenskoye, scoring four times in a comprehensive defeat of the visitors from Luxembourg. European debutants Saturn put at least one foot into the third round – and a meeting with VfB Stuttgart – thanks to Kirichenko's two goals in each half, including a second-minute opener. Benoît Angbwa, Marko Topic and Alexey Ivanov were also on target.

SK Sturm Graz 2-0 FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
The Austrian club delivered a winning performance, if not a knockout blow to their Belarussian rivals, thanks to goals from Ferdinand Feldhofer and Mario Kienzl at the Arnold Schwarzenegger stadium. Feldhofer found a way through the Shakhtyor defence shortly before the break, then Kienzl doubled the advantage in the 54th minute. The visitors barely threatened to reduce arrears, leaving them with an uphill task for the return leg.

OFK Grbalj 2-2 Sivasspor
A frantic first half saw four goals and two sendings-off as Turkish European debutants Sivasspor took a draw from their trip to Montenegro's Grbalj. Sivasspor scored first and last in Niksic, both times through Mehmet Yıldız, but Grbalj were less than accommodating hosts and their response came via two Ivica Francisković free-kicks. Sivasspor keeper Akin Vardar saw red after 30 minutes, only for the numerical advantage to be annulled by the 38th-minute dismissal of Grbalj defender Goran Grujić.

FC Tiraspol 0-0 SC Tavriya Simferopol
Tiraspol No1 Serghei Juric took the plaudits after the Moldovan outfit restricted Ukrainian visitors Tavriya to a goalless draw at the Sheriff stadium. Lucky Idahor failed to live up to his name when he wasted Tavriya's best opportunity, a one-on-one with Juric after 40 minutes. Tiraspol continued to resist all advances in the second half, staying in with a chance of meeting Stade Rennais FC in the third round.

UEFA Intertoto Cup second round concludes on 12/13 July.

source: uefa.com

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