Twente have it all to do in Europe after narrow home defeat to Qarabag

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/twente/dhOKTHGA/"]FC Twente[/a] were looking to redeem themselves after a disappointing 3-3 draw away at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dun-streda/YHIkizpH/"]Dunajska Streda[/a] in their away leg of the third round of UEFA Conference League qualifying. With [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/weghorst-wout/tpWMDFoL/"]Wout Weghorst[/a] still as the team's starting striker, Twente faced [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/qarabag-agdam/Qgd3eSin/"]Qarabag[/a] as their final hurdle to reach the League Phase.[/p][p]An even first half saw neither side create many chances, with Qarabag recording slightly more possession and Twente trying their luck and testing goalkeeper Martin Ziomislic more often, to no avail.[/p][embed guid="bd49ef5a-8396-43b9-94f7-2e2b84011a64" url="https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/2090519869271789838?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]Qarabag broke the deadlock seven minutes after half-time - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pjaca-marko/UgMPrQq6/"]Marko Pjaca[/a] lost the ball in midfield, allowing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mouaddib-jaly/zoKWNkIK/"]Jaly Mouaddib[/a] to freely rush down the left wing and deliver a cross to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/qurbanly-musa/pWB0LlgT/"]Musa Qurbanly[/a], who laid it off to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kady-borges/jRsUWIOr/"]Kady Borges[/a] for a quick and efficient goal.[/b][/p][p]It was all FC Twente following Qarabag's goal, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/weidmann-daouda/0Kh2XJqc/"]Daouda Weidmann[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-rooij-bart/pQ0O14f5/"]Bart van Rooij[/a] coming closest to the equaliser, but failing to put Twente on the board.[/p][p]A similarly lacklustre final offensive saw FC Twente held to a 1-0 loss by Qarabag, who will defend their lead in Agdam next week on Thursday, August 27th.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/qarabag-Qgd3eSin/twente-dhOKTHGA/?mid=rHS1dYro"]Check the full match statistics on Flashscore[/a][/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="744607ae-c0a3-43e3-969a-7cd391b83d93" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="3e5cc7d8-b28c-4bf6-9793-c30014bd6f1a" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /]