Ilves' Conference League run ended after Rijeka take narrow aggregate win

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ilves-pYGmWmwa/rijeka-zXKuUR5J/?mid=AXg3UzCF"]Ilves 1-1 Rijeka (1-2 on aggregate)[/a][/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ilves/pYGmWmwa/"]Ilves[/a] were somewhat fortunate to come away from Croatia with a one-goal defeat, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rijeka/zXKuUR5J/"]Rijeka[/a] created plenty of chances after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jankovic-niko/jT85gtDn/"]Niko Jankovic[/a]'s early goal, but failing to have a shot on target in the first half at home suggested they were not making the most of their position.[/p][p]That changed just before the hour mark when Ilves threw on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baranov-stanislav/befybO1N/"]Stanislav Baranov[/a], who took all of five minutes to score and level the tie. [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hytonen-teemu/S0H1AjT1/"]Teemu Hytonen[/a] got free down the right side, and his low cross was perfectly weighted for Baranov to side-foot[/b] into the bottom corner.[/p][embed guid="6019c2ee-bd87-4013-9ea0-8a5378c9b2fe" url="https://x.com/ilvesfootball/status/2087954398643142864" social-type="twitter" /][p]However, the sides were level on aggregate for all of six minutes - [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/majstorovic-ante/IFKN05yh/"]Ante Majstorovic[/a] picked out [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lasickas-justas/xtyPddJQ/"]Justus Lasickas[/a] who beat goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/krkalic-faris/SI7CTkL3/"]Faris Krkalic[/a][/b] and put Rijeka on course for a place in the play-offs.[/p][p]The result means the Lynx are still to go beyond the third qualifying round of a European competition in the modern era, while Rijeka now move on to face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/midtjylland/8GZDmdbB/"]Midtjylland[/a] of Denmark in the play-off round for a place in the League Phase.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/europe/conference-league/"]Follow all the UECL qualifiers on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]