Motherwell continued their excellent run in Europe last night with a convincing 3-0 victory over Norwegians Aalesunds , goals in 4 and 13 minutes set Motherwell on their way to a 3rd win in 4 games in these early qualifiers.
Jamie Murphy got the first in 4 minutes followed by a John Sutton strike 9 minutes later , youngster Page finished the job with a minute to go as Craig Browns men will now take their place in the final qualifying draw tomorrow. The 4-1 aggregate win is Motherwell's biggest win in Europe this season.
In the East of Scotland Hibs bowed out of European competition by going down 3-2 at home to NK Maribor (6-2 on aggregate). The game was over after 19 minutes as Tavares scored to put Maribor 4-0 up on aggregate , Hibs did battle back with new signing De Graaf pulling 1 back before Mezga scored a penalty and Tavares got his second. Dutchman De Graaf did get a late consolation for Hibs but it was not enough as Hibs suffered their second straight defeat.
A mixed night for Scottish football but now Motherwell , Celtic and Dundee Utd will fly the flag for Scotland in the Europa Legaue final qualifiers , if we get 2 out of 3 going through to the group stages then its a job well done , Celtic are expected to go through as they are seeded , it would be great if 1 or even if lucky the 2 other teams were able to join them as it would be a massive boost for our football.
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