Livingston fought back with two late goals in a 5-2 defeat to Sturm Graz in Austria last night to give themselves a slim chance of surviving beyond the Uefa Cup first round.
The Austrians had taken the lead through Arnold Wetl in the first half, after Alain Masudi's penalty was saved by Livingston's goalkeeper Javier Sanchez Broto. The home side turned a slim advantage into a rout when Imre Szabics and Ekrem Dag both netted before David Mujiri grabbed a double all in the space of eight minutes shortly after the break.
However, both Rolando Zarate and captain Stuart Lovell found the net in the last two minutes to give the Scottish side, in their first European campaign, something to play for in the second leg.
It was a bad night for two Dutch sides Utrecht lost 4-1 at Poland's Legia Warsaw while Heerenveen were hammered 3-0 in Romania by National Bucharest.
Italy's Chievo, on their first foray into Europe after a fine fifth place in last season's Serie A, drew 0-0 with Red Star Belgrade in Yugoslavia.
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