FC Twente all but secure play-off spot with monster win over Dunajska Streda

[p]A week after being eliminated from the UEFA Europa League by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ferencvaros/pKS9M7R7/"]Ferencvaros[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/twente/dhOKTHGA/"]FC Twente[/a] manager John van den Brom changed his side in four places, giving [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bruns-max/xGYd4bRn/"]Max Bruns[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/propper-robin/zy1zgBQI/"]Robin Propper[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/weidmann-daouda/0Kh2XJqc/"]Daouda Weidmann[/a], and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pjaca-marko/UgMPrQq6/"]Marko Pjaca[/a] spots in the starting XI instead of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nijstad-ruud/x2FC3Fps/"]Ruud Nijstad[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lemkin-stav/pxn89M0r/"]Stav Lemkin[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-den-belt-thomas/CUPz0tB5/"]Thomas van den Belt[/a], and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hlynsson-kristian/UkldIdo0/"]Kristian Hlynsson[/a].[/p][p]made their presence in the UEFA Conference League qualifiers known when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rots-daan/SvMhWs2d/"]Daan Rots[/a] opened the scoring after just seven minutes. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/holmlund-orjasaete-sondre/zBAQmrhA/"]Sondre Orjasaeter[/a] dribbled into the box and delivered an inviting cross at the back post, where Rots headed it in.[/p][p]Twente's fiery start continued when former Croatian international Pjaca steered the ball into [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ivacic-aljaz/t2qaKiy1/"]Aljaz Ivacic[/a]'s bottom corner and doubled the hosts' lead inside 11 minutes.[/p][p]After [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dun-streda/YHIkizpH/"]Dunajska Streda[/a] narrowly missed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/unnerstall-lars/zFtmVMbH/"]Lars Unnerstall[/a]'s goal, FC Twente continued their efforts to put the game to bed via Rots, who found Ivacic on his way to the 3-0.[/p][embed guid="b37f7c3a-6493-4a2d-a8db-d0642f5797a6" url="https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/2085447813781954881?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Slovakian visitors did what they could, but couldn't put Twente in trouble and conceded a third instead when Daouda Weidmann calmly rolled the ball in the Slovakian net just past half-time. Max Bruns added to the visitors' hurt, tapping in the 4-0 just minutes after Weidmann's goal.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zerrouki-ramiz/84ievKCO/"]Ramiz Zerrouki[/a] all but secured qualification for the UEFA Conference League play-offs with the 5-0 - a deflected shot that teetered into the net. Club captain Robin Propper put it beyond all doubt, heading in the 6-0 with just over 10 minutes to go.[/p][p]Dunajska Streda created minor chances towards the final whistle, but it was all FC Twente in Enschede, where the Slovaks were beaten 6-0 and will have to pull off a miracle to keep FC Twente from qualifying for the play-offs on Thursday, August 13th.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/dun-streda-YHIkizpH/twente-dhOKTHGA/?mid=n9sCCFW8"]View all the match statistics on Flashscore[/a][/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="1892707a-aa07-4030-9b26-339489867e0d" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="ea08dfc2-4d50-411f-9bc9-a1fcef70bd39" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /]