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Roma and Galatasaray both marched into Europa League play-offs with big second leg wins.

Veteran striker Francesco Totti, who scored twice in the first leg, claimed a hat-trick as Roma beat AA Gent 7-1 in Belgium for a 10-2 aggregate.

Galatasary of Turkey, coached by former Barcelona boss Frank Rijkaard, crushed Israel's Maccabi Netanya 6-1 for a 10-1 aggregate with Congo striker Shabani Nonda also grabbing a hat-trick.

Dejan Lekic was another hat-trick star as 1991 European champions Crvena Zvezda overturned a 2-0 first leg deficit to beat Georgia's Dinamo Tbilisi 5-2 on the night and 5-4 on aggregate.

Lekic completed his hat-trick in the 88th minute, just when 1981 Cup Winners Cup champions Dinamo were in sight of an away goals victory.

In a fiercely-contested tie, where the Georgians had led 4-1 on aggregate at one stage, both sides finished with 10 men.

There will be no European adventure this season for 37-year-old former Celtic, Manchester United and Barcelona striker Henrik Larsson whose Helsingborgs side lost on penalties to Sarajevo.

Larsson was forced to miss Thursday's tie after breaking a kneecap in the first leg in Sweden.

The 35 third qualifying round winners go into Friday's play-off draw where they will be joined by the 15 losers from the Champions League final qualifiers as well as 26 other leading sides which include the likes of Everton, Aston Villa, Werder Bremen, Valencia, Lazio and Ajax.

The winners of the 38 play-off ties will be joined by the losers of the 10 Champions League play-offs in the group stages of the tournament.

UEFA Europa League third round second leg qualifying results:

Motherwell (Scotland) 1 Steaua Bucharest (Romania) 3 Steaua Bucharest win 6-1 on aggregate.

Ghent (Belgium) 1 AS Roma (Italy) 7 AS Roma win 10-2 on aggregate.

Hamburg SV (Germany) 0 Randers (Denmark) 1 Hamburg SV win 4-1 on aggregate.

OB Odense (Denmark) 3 Rabotnicki Skopje 0 OB Odense win 7-3 on aggregate.

Honved (Hungary) 1 Fenerbahce (Turkey) 1 Fenerbahce win 6-2 on aggregate.

Derry City (Ireland) 1 CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria) 1 CSKA Sofia win 2-1 on aggregate.

Galatasaray (Turkey) 6 Maccabi Netanya (Israel) 0 Galatasaray win 10-1 on aggregate.

Elfsborg Boras (Sweden) 2 Braga (Portugal) 0 Elfsborg Boras win 4-1 on aggregate.

Interblock Ljubljana (Slovenia) 0 Metalurg Donetsk (Ukraine)3 Metalurg Donetsk win 5-0 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw (Poland) 2 Brondby (Denmark) 2 Brondby win on away goals after 3-3 on aggregate.

Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine) 2 Rijeka (Croatia) 0 Metalist Kharkiv win 4-1 on aggregate.

NAC Breda (Netherlands) 3 Polonia Warsaw (Poland) 1 NAC Breda win 4-1 on aggregate.

Sigma Olomouc (Czech Republic) 3 Aberdeen (Scotland) 0 Sigma Olomouc win 8-1 on aggregate.

Young Boys (Switzerland) 1 Athletic Bilbao (Spain) 2 Athletic Bilbao win on away goals after 2-2 on aggregate.

Basel (Switzerland) 3 KR (Iceland) 1 Basel win 5-3 on aggregate.

APOP/Kinyras (Cyprus) 2 Rapid Vienna (Austria) 2 Rapid Vienna win 4-3 on aggregate.

Austria Vienna (Austria) 4 Vojvodina Novi Sad (Serbia) 2 Austria Vienna win 5-3 on aggregate.

Sturm Graz (Austria) 5 Petrovac (Montenegro) 0 Sturm Graz win 7-1 on aggregate.

Lahti (Finland) 1 Club Bruges (Belgium) 1 Club Bruges win 4-3 on aggregate.

Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel) 1 IFK Gothenburg (Sweden) 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv win 4-2 on aggregate.

Lille (France) 2 FK Sevojno (Serbia) 0 Lille win 4-0 on aggregate.

Slaven Belupo Koprivnica (Croatia) 0 Tromso (Norway) 2 Tromso win 4-1 on aggregate.

Lech Poznan (Poland) 1 Fredrikstad (Norway) 2 Lech Poznan win 7-3 on aggregate.

Cherno More Varna (Bulgaria) 0 PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) 1 PSV Eindhoven win 2-0 on aggregate.

Slovan Liberec (Czech Republic) 2 FC Vaduz (Liechtenstein) 0 Slovan Liberec win 3-0 on aggregate.

Garabagh Agdam (Azerbaijan) 2 FC Honka (Finland) 1 Garabagh Agdam win 3-1 on aggregate.

MFK Kosice (Slovakia) 3 Slavija Sarajevo (Bosnia) 1 MFK Kosice win 5-1 on aggregate.

Krylya Sovietov Samara (Russia) 3 St. Patrick's Athletic (Ireland) 2 Patrick's Athletic win on away goals after 3-3 on aggregate.

PAOK Salonika (Greece) 0 Valerenga Oslo (Norway) 1 PAOK Salonika win on away goals after 2-2 on aggregate.

Crvena Zvezda (Serbia) 5 Dynamo Tbilisi (Georgia) 2 Crvena Zvezda win 5-4 on aggregate.

Fulham (England) 3 Vetra Vilnius (Lithuania) 0 Fulham win 6-0 on aggregate.

Hajduk Split (Croatia) 0 Zilina (Slovakia) 1 Zilina win 2-1 on aggregate.

Sarajevo (Bosnia) 2 Helsingborg (Sweden) 1 Sarajevo win 5-4 on penalties after 3-3 on aggregate.

FC Pacos de Ferreira (Portugal) 0 Bnei Yehuda (Israel) 1 Bnei Yehuda win 2-0 on aggregate.

AFP