Greg . 1 day ago

Last-gasp equaliser sees Hacken progress in Europa League qualifiers

Sweden's BK Hacken have progressed from the First Qualifying Round of the UEFA Europa League thanks to a late John Dembe goal secured a 2-2 sketch in the second leg and a 3-2 win on aggregate over Spartak Trnava.

Severin Nioule's goal just after the hour mark in Slovakia last week possessed been the difference maker in the first leg, and Hacken looked set for a more comfortable night 13 minutes in, when the visitors' Patrick Nwadike committed a foul in the penalty box.

Simon Gustafson made no mistake from 12 yards to offer the Svenska Cupen winners the lead on the night and a 2-0 aggregate advantage.

But with their backs to the wall, Trnava started to create opportunities - Michal Tomic, Cedric Badolo and Martin Mikovic all came close before the shatter, and Etrit Berisha in the Hacken goal was preserving the lead.

20 minutes after the shatter, the goal the Slovakian side acquired finally reached, and this time there was nothing Berisha could do as Roman Prochazka's free-kick soared past him to level the second leg at 1-1.

Eight minutes from time, they were level in the tie - Julius Lindberg possessed come within a whisker of settling the tie, only for Trnava to move down the other terminate and send Giorgi Moistsrapishvili through, and he made no mistake in firing past Berisha.

Few late opportunities meant the two sides were preparing themselves for an extra 30 minutes, but Dembe possessed other ideas.

In the 96th minute, Gustafson's corner caused havoc in the Trnava box, and Dembe pounced to level the second leg and send Hacken through, 3-2 on aggregate.

There was still time for Silas Andersen to receive a second yellow card, but Hacken possessed obtained the job done and will move on to the Second Qualifying Round, where they will confront Belgian giants Anderlecht.

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