Glasgow stun Koge with two late objectives to progress in Europa Cup

[ad_1] It appeared like Metropolis's hopes of a comeback had been extinguished after simply three minutes when, as she did within the first leg, Mille Gejl opened the scoring for Koge.

The previous Crystal Palace midfielder took a brief nook to Rikke Madsen and latched on to her fellow Denmark worldwide's cutback from the byeline earlier than steering her low drive into the far nook from simply contained in the penalty field.

Nonetheless, Metropolis had been pinging the ball about far faster than within the first leg in Denmark and had been again degree on the evening inside six minutes.

Captain Amy Muir set Nicole Kozlova down the left wing and the previous Koge participant's low ball into the penalty field was fired residence by strike companion Abby Harrison.

A few superb saves from goalkeeper Lee Gibson denied the guests earlier than Metropolis had been again degree on combination on 25 minutes when Emily Whelan headed powerfully residence after left-back Muir crossed to the again publish.

Metropolis's pleasure solely lasted two minutes as veteran former Manchester Metropolis and Denmark ahead Nadia Nadim turned in from the left wing and despatched a right-foot drive looping over Gibson and into the far nook.

Glasgow had been forward once more on the evening when Harrison rose with visiting goalkeeper Ema Aleksic to fulfill a Lisa Evans nook and the ball deflected off Emma Pelkowski and into her personal web.

Fellow midfielder Sarah Thygesen pounced on an Emma Brownlie error to fit what appeared like a killer strike for the Danes six minutes from regular time.

Nonetheless, Brownlie made amends by rising to fulfill one other Evans nook and degree the rating on combination as the sport entered added time.

Simply when it appeared like additional time may be wanted, Lisa Forrest headed a cross from fellow substitute ahead Sofia Maatta over the stranded goalkeeper to sign joyous scenes among the many residence help and tears from the surprised guests.