Former Hearts loanee Donis Avdijaj has helped set up a Europa League showdown with his former club after bagging a brace for FC Zurich.
The Kosovan international put them ahead after just ten minutes of their third round qualifying second leg versus Linfield, then notched another to put the Swiss champions 3-0 up on aggregate against their Northern Irish counterparts. The Blues' chances of progressing were slim after a 2-0 defeat at Windsor Park last Thursday. Tosin Aiyegun and Wilfried Gnonto goals meant Zurich were always the likely opponents for Robbie Neilson's men.
That's now been confirmed after Avdijaj's double and Ivan Santini's effort saw them run out 3-0 winners in the return leg (5-0 agg) to book their spot in the Europa League playoff round. They now stand between the Jambos and lucrative group stages of the competition, which will see them rake in millions. However, both are safe in the knowledge that defeat won't end their Euro dreams, with the losers dropping into the group stage of the Europa Conference League.
