Europa League: Good night for Russian clubs

The three Russian clubs in the Europa had a good night in the first leg of the play-offs this Thursday, with a home win, an away win and a draw away.

Molde (Norway) 0 Rubin Kazan 2

Two goals from Rondón after 21 and 90 minutes to take a useful advantage back to Russia

Saint-Gallen 1 (Switzerland) Spartak Moskva 1

An away goal for Spartak, which opened the scoring through Movsiyan (37) then Mathys scored for the home side on 47 minutes.

Kuban 1 Feyenoord (Netherlands) 0

Baldé gave the Krasnodar side the lead on the hour in a match which Koban dominated, with ten corners to one and 18 shots to three.

Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey

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