Vítor Bruno wins again and heads into the Europa League play-off | OneFootball

Anderlecht, now coached this season by Portuguese manager Vítor Bruno (formerly of FC Porto), confirmed this Thursday their qualification for the Europa League play-off after defeating PAOK once again.

In front of their home fans, the Belgian side won 3-2, thanks to goals from Petrot in the 20th minute, Ambros in the 47th, and Sikan in the 55th. PAOK pulled one back through Zivkovic, a former Benfica player, in the 34th minute, and through Jeremejeff from the penalty spot in the 88th. Both away players would eventually be sent off, in the 89th minute and in stoppage time at 90+2, respectively.

After a 1-0 win in the first leg, played in Greece, Anderlecht definitively secured their place in the play-off of UEFA’s second-tier competition. On August 20 and 27, the Belgians will face Kairat of Kazakhstan, who dropped down from the “Champions” qualifying stage.

Universitatea Craiova, coached by Filipe Coelho, also secured their place in the Europa League play-off earlier, eliminating Finland’s KuPS. Meanwhile, Ricardo Sá Pinto’s Pafos dropped into the Conference League after being knocked out by Salzburg in a second-leg match refereed by Portuguese official João Pinheiro.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.