Jablonec advances to Europa League group stage after crushing Zilina

BRATISLAVA, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- After a convincing 5-1 victory in the first leg, visiting Czech side Jablonec defeated Zilina 3-0 to advance to the group stage of the UEFA Europa Conference League on Thursday.

Despite striving to put everything into offense, the Slovak team's hopes of procuring a miracle on home turf started rapidly dwindling in the 30th minute when visiting striker Dominik Plestil received a pa