EUROPA LEAGUE ROUND-UP: Ajax edge past Jablonec as Athletic Bilbao lose after throwing away two-goal lead at Zilina
- Ajax beat Jablonec 1-0 at home in first leg of Europa League play-off
- Athletic Bilbao waste lead to lose 3-2 at Slovakian side Zilina
- Robin van Persie strikes late to hand Fenerbahce 1-0 win in Greece
- Borussia Dortmund launch comeback to win 4-3 at Odds Ballklubb
- Southampton come from behind at home to draw 1-1 with Midtjylland
Arkadiusz Milik's second-half penalty was enough for Ajax to see off Czech Republic side Jablonec 1-0 in the first leg of their Europa League play-off round.
Riechedly Bazoer and Milik himself missed early chances for the home side at the Amsterdam Arena, before Jablonec's Jan Gregus curled a shot just wide after the half-hour mark.
Ajax finally found the breakthrough in the 54th minute when Davy Klaassen was fouled in the box, and Milik stepped up to tuck the ball home into the bottom corner.
Arkadiusz Milik's second-half penalty was enough for Ajax to see off Czech Republic side Jablonec
Milik stepped up to tuck the ball home and give his side a 1-0 advantage going into the second leg
Frank de Boer will next take his side to Czech Republic next Thursday to defend their slender lead.
Elsewhere, Athletic Bilbao threw away a two-goal advantage as they fell 3-2 to Zilina.
Bilbao took an early lead through Sabin Merino's 16th-minute effort, and Kike Sola doubled their advantage just after the half-hour mark.
The La Liga side appeared to be cruising, but were pegged back in the second-half via goals from Jakub Paur and William, before the latter struck again in the 90th minute to win it for the Slovakians.
Sabin Merino of Athletic Bilbao (centre) celebrates after scoring the opener for Athletic Bilbao
Zilina's William (centre) struck twice as they came from two goals down to win
Robin van Persie scored the only goal as Fenerbahce recorded a 1-0 victory away at Atromitos.
The Dutchman netted in the 90th minute for his new club to give his side the slender lead heading to Greece for the second leg.
Robin van Persie scored the only goal as Fenerbahce recorded a 1-0 victory away at Greek side Atromitos
Borussia Dortmund launched a stunning comeback from three goals down to win 4-3 in Norway against Odds Ballklubb.
The Bundesliga side were hit three times in 22 minutes before striking back with a brace from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and one each from Shinji Kagawa and Henrik Mkhitaryan.
Borussia Dortmund launched a stunning comeback from three goals down to win in against Odd Ballklubb
And Southampton came back from a goal down to draw 1-1 with Danish side Midtjylland in their first leg at St Mary's.
Former Saints youth player Tim Sparv came back to haunt his old club with the opener, before James Rodriguez netted a penalty to level the tie at the halfway stage.
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