With six minutes to go, Hibs were heading for victory and a place in the league phase for the first time ever. David Gray's side had turned the tie around in the second half in Leith with a pair of excellent goals by Jason Kerr and Felix Passlack, after Josue Vergara's first-half effort had the Belgian visitors 1-0 in front on the night and on aggregate. But a complete capitulation - not for the first time this week by a Scottish team, or for Hibs in recent years - saw Easter Road flip from joyous bedlam to sorrow in a matter of a few minutes. Extra time looked the most likely outcome in this entertaining game - which Hibs utterly dominated for 30 minutes of the second half - after English defender Christian Burgess headed the visitors level from a corner in the 84th minute. A needless one for Gray's side to give away, they were searching for a winner when Gent hit them on the counter in stoppage time. Chaiwa - whose miserable night was compounded with a second yellow card in the 93rd-minute - was unfortunate to turn the ball into his own net when team-mate Kanayo Megwa allowed the ball to come across the face of goal. It silenced the supporters who earlier were on their feet when boyhood fan Kerr levelled with a thumping header - minutes after Martin Boyle had his goal disallowed for handball - and the superb Passlack flashed Hibs in-front off a post. At that point, fans were dreaming and digging out their passports for a first group campaign. Instead, they'll be shaking their heads again at another Hibs collapse.

After last week's frustrating goalless first leg, the Seagulls set the tone for the evening with three first‑half goals from Charalampos Kostoulas, Maxim de Cuyper and Mats Wieffer. Oliver Boscagli's strike in the 86th minute put the seal on a resounding Seagulls win, after his earlier effort had been ruled out for offside. Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler called it a "do or die" game before kick-off, and will be delighted with a second 4-0 win in the space of five days, after their Premier League opening victory over Aston Villa. Tromso were unable to replicate their disciplined first‑leg display and finished the night without an attempt on target. Hurzeler's side will now play in a European competition for only the second time, having reached the Europa League last 16 in 2024. Jack Hinshelwood and Georginio Rutter were both missing from the second-leg squad after being involved against Villa. New signing Jaouen Hadjam also did not feature after completing his move from Swiss Super League champions Young Boys on Wednesday. Goalscorer Wieffer made way for Pascal Struijk at half-time, who collected his first minutes for Brighton after completing a £20m summer transfer from Leeds. Brighton will discover their league‑phase opponents when the Conference League draw is made in Monaco on Friday at 12:00 BST. There are 36 teams in the draw, including Ajax, Monaco, Copenhagen, Atalanta, Braga, Freiburg, Twente, Panathinaikos and Hearts. Those dropping down from the Europa League play-offs include Red Star Belgrade and a Trabzonspor side that features ex-Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah. It will be six matches for each side in the league phase, against six different opponents - three at home and three away. Brighton can now look forward to trying to become the fourth English side to win the Conference League, following West Ham in 2023, Chelsea in 2025 and Crystal Palace this year. The Seagulls' next match is a trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea on Sunday (14:00 BST).

Trailing last season's Europa League finalists 3-1 on aggregate, Alfred Johansson's men had an almighty task to qualify for the league phase, after coming through two rounds of qualifiers to reach this stage. And the visitors were further behind in the opening five minutes. Winger Derry Scherhant burst in behind to latch onto a smart through ball, opened up his body, and curled it past the onrushing Alex Paulsen. Not to be deterred, Motherwell levelled on the night after a speculative Emmanuel Longelo strike from 30 yards was inexplicably spilled into his own net by goalkeeper Mio Backhaus. However, Motherwell fell by the wayside in the second half after Jake Girdwood-Reich was shown a straight red card for a lunging challenge. In the next six minutes, Freiburg scored two headers from inswinging corners, first through striker Igor Matanovic, followed by Cyriaque Irie glancing in. The Bundesliga side remained relentless, hitting the bar, a post, and having a shot cleared off the line in the space of 60 seconds, and a powerful Maximilian Eggestein effort was well saved. And the tie was finished when Keisuke Goto was left unmarked in the middle of the box and crashed in a late fourth for the visitors.

A mere three months on from a final-day defeat that denied Hearts a first Scottish top-flight title in 66 years, they have not only secured a tangible reward for finishing as runners-up, they did so with immense courage and togetherness. Thursday's victory over Rapid Vienna on penalties secured a place in Friday's league phase draw for the Conference League and two games each in October, November and December. A lot has changed in that three months - a new head coach in Belgian Wouter Vrancken, player departures and plenty arrivals - and a sticky start to the season threatened to prolong a sense of malaise after that 3-1 defeat by champions Celtic. European and domestic losses got the 2026-27 campaign off to a whimper but Vrancken stayed calm and believes his team are now reaping deserved benefits. "They have to learn that they're a good team, that they're good players, that they can show it," he told BBC Scotland. "In the last away games in Europe, you see that they're a little bit scared to do things, to take risks or to give spaces away. Then we don't play our game. "The development of the team, the progress of the team is amazing. The team spirit, I saw it from the first session already. "They want to learn it. They wanted to have feedback. They want to go into it and the kind of football we played. This is the result. They get rewarded and I'm so happy for them."

With a 3-2 aggregate victory, the Turkish side booked their place in the Champions League for the first time since 2008-09. After a 1-1 draw in the first leg, Vedat Muriqi and Archie Brown scored for Fenerbahce as a second-half goal from Malick Fofana proved not enough for Lyon. The game in Lyon descended into chaos after the final whistle, with clashes breaking out on the pitch and in the tunnel as players and staff from both sides became involved. Guendouzi, who previously played for Lyon's fierce rivals Marseille between 2021 and 2024, was at the centre of the controversy after appearing to taunt sections of the home support following Fenerbahce's victory. The former Arsenal midfielder was repeatedly booed by the French club's supporters during the match and team-mates were seen ushering him away as tempers flared. After the scuffle at full-time, Guendouzi was seen shouting "Allez l'OM" towards a pitchside camera, referencing Marseille. Video circulating on social media also appeared to show an individual wearing Lyon kit confronting the France midfielder as he made his way towards the tunnel, with security staff and members of both teams getting involved. A melee broke out in the tunnel between both sets of teams, although it is unclear who the individual who confronted Guendouzi is.