Weak FC Twente held to spectacular draw in Slovakia after late comeback

[p]Following their 6-0 win in Enschede, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/twente/dhOKTHGA/"]FC Twente[/a] started the match in Slovakia with an altered XI, giving the likes of young [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vennegoor-of-hesselink-lucas/hhbPx1Z9/"]Lucas Vennegoor[/a] of Hesselink and winger [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/taha-el-idrissi-younes/zPo5LyPG/"]Younes Taha[/a] a start.[/p][p]It took the dominant Dutchmen just seven minutes to score in Slovakia as well, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bruns-max/xGYd4bRn/"]Max Bruns[/a] nodding in a corner from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/weidmann-daouda/0Kh2XJqc/"]Daouda Weidmann[/a] to open the scoring. Twente continued controlling the game, but could not get a second before the break.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pjaca-marko/UgMPrQq6/"]Marko Pjaca[/a] eventually doubled the lead after nearly an hour, burying the ball in the far corner of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/filipe/SIhEws6H/"]Filipe[/a]'s goal.[/p][embed guid="d07f21bc-1a03-4203-8837-cbf810a77d13" url="https://x.com/fctwente/status/2087976562595332158?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dun-streda/YHIkizpH/"]Dunajska Streda[/a] weren't done fighting in front of their home crowd and scored their first goal of the tie five minutes after Pjaca's 2-0 - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gueye-abdoulaye/lKgZAJ7T/"]Abdoulaye Gueye[/a] tapped in after poor defending from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nijstad-ruud/x2FC3Fps/"]Ruud Nijstad[/a]. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nemanic-klemen/MHdFCEdl/"]Klemen Nemanic[/a] levelled ten minutes later, heading in from a corner to keep the second leg mildly exciting.[/p][p]The hosts completed an unlikely comeback when substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/owusu-prince/82eDVnFb/"]Prince Owusu[/a] got Dunajska Streda in front in the 87th minute - the Ghanaian forward received a sublime pass from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gagua-george/Q1anxqD4/"]Giorgi Gagua[/a], outplayed goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/drommel-joel/UuJ6QXyI/"]Joel Drommel[/a] and put the ball in an empty net.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="f6978425-9c30-4628-badb-1a5434b8fd1f" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="d312d8c1-170a-4081-aac1-7d1f3ac41b17" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]The home crowd were ready to celebrate a meaningless win when Marko Pjaca struck a second time, this time seconds before the full-time whistle as the Croatian profited of a costly mistake from Filipe.[/p][p]A weak FC Twente failed to further help the Dutch coefficient, only managing a 3-3 draw away at Dunajska Streda. In the UEFA Conference League play-offs, FC Twente will face Azerbajani giants [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/qarabag-agdam/Qgd3eSin/"]Qarabag[/a] on August 20th and 27th. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/dun-streda-YHIkizpH/twente-dhOKTHGA/?mid=h89qf7Gs"]Check the full match statistics on Flashscore[/a][/b][/p]