Croatian national team stopper Martin Erlić scored twice for Midtjylland in a 3-3 draw away to Brann in Bergen, while striker Igor Matanović scored the only goal in Freiburg’s 1-0 home triumph against Maccabi in the 7th round of the Europa League.
Erlić was leading his team 1-0 and 3-2 with excellent handling in front of the door after a corner, he scored the first goal with his head in the 4th minute, and the second with his foot in the 70th minute of the match.
Midtjylland practically led throughout the match, because Brumado scored in the 31st minute to make it 2-1, but they are home equalized three timesfirst through Holm in the 19th for 1-1, and then from penalty kicks to make it 2-2 and 3-3, the first one from the penalty spot was accurate by Kornvig in the 68th minute, and the second time by Soltvedt in the 10th minute of stoppage time.
Erlić played the entire match for Midtjylland, which is fourth in the standings with 16 points.
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Matanović is the winning goal Freiburg scored in the 82nd minute, and was on the field until the first minute of stoppage time. With this victory, Freiburg jumped to third place with 17 points.
Nicholas Moro he played the entire match for Bologna in a 2-2 home draw against Celtic. Bologna is now 13th with 12 points.
Results:
Bologna – Celtic 2-2 (Dallinga 58, Rose 72 / Hatate 5, Trusty 40)
Young Boys – Lyon 0-1 (Maitland-Niles 45+1)
Fenerbahce – Aston Villa 0-1 (Sancho 25)
Feyenoord – Sturm 3-0 (Watanabe 5, Hadj Moussa 68, Borges 90)
Malmo – Red Star 0-1 (Kostov 16)
PAOK – Betis 2-0 (Živković 67, Giakoumakis 86-11m)
Freiburg – Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0 (Matanovic 82)
Brann – Midtjylland 3-3 (Holm 19, Kornvig 68-11m, Soltvedt 90+10-11m / Erlić 4, 70, Brumado 31)
Viktoria Plzen – Porto 1-1 (Cerv 6 / Gul 90)
(Hina | Photo: Midtjylland)




