Kenyan midfielder Amos Nondi’s Dila Gori suffered elimination from the UEFA Europa Conference League despite a 2-1 win over Slovak side MSK Zilina.The damage was done in the first leg after Zilina thumped Gori 5-1 in the Round of 16 qualifiers for Europe’s inaugural third-tier club competition.Nondi was an unused substitute in the match despite completing the full 90 minutes in the first leg and in the last league clash against Locomotive Tbilisi.How are you feeling so far about tonight’s results in the 1st qualifying round 2nd Legs 😁 or 😔? #UECL #EuropaConferenceLeague pic.twitter.com/sIFjaftwiJ— UEFA Europa Conference League (@EuropaConLeague) July 15, 2021 The opening 42 minutes of the clash was a charged affair as the referee was forced to dish out five yellow cards as Davit Maisashvili, Tornike Kapanadze, Irakli Bidzinashvili and Enis Fazlagic got into the book.Gori thought they were headed into the halftime break on level pegging but conceded a goal in the fifth minute of first-half stoppage time when Vahan Bichakhchyan held his nerve to convert a penalty.Loss at Georgia, but qualified for another round✅We gonna face @APOLLONOFFICIAL pic.twitter.com/6n2c1bMtFh— MŠK Žilina (@mskzilina1908) July 16, 2021 Dila head coach Andriy Demchenko rang the changes in the 55th minute resting Petar Zubak, Irakli Bugridze and Tornike Kapanadze, Paata Gudushauri.The changes paid off three minutes later when Guinean forward Ousmane Camara restored parity for Gori to hand them a glimmer of hope to overturn the tie.Brazilian midfielder Wanderson handed Gori the lead for the first time in the clash with his strike in the 70th minute but Zilina held on for the 2-1 defeat to progress.Dila will now focus their attention to the Georgian National League where they are fourth and trail log leaders by eight points.
