There is an appealing sense of history surrounding Sunderland’s Europa League journey to Portugal to meet Torreense on Thursday evening. Their previous competitive match in Europe came 53 years ago, when the FA Cup holders, then playing in the Second Division, faced Sporting in Lisbon in the return leg of a European Cup Winners’ Cup […]
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Derek McInnes’s early spell in charge of Rangers has descended into turmoil after his team were eliminated from the Europa League qualifiers by Jagiellonia Bialystok, losing 3-2 on aggregate following a 1-1 draw at Ibrox. Rangers entered the match trailing 2-1 after last week’s first leg in Poland, but hopes of a comeback grew when […]
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Thursday evening’s Europa League return match between Polish titleholders Lech Poznan and Faroese champions KÍ Klaksvík could be in doubt, as thick fog has prevented the Polish side from reaching the Faroe Islands as planned. Lech secured a 1-0 victory in Poznan in the opening leg thanks to a late strike by Ivory Coast forward […]
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