Seol caps Fulham victory, Euro ties marred by violence

South Korea international Seol Ki-Hyeon scored the crucial third goal as Fulham defeated Lithuanian side Vetra 3-0 in Vilnius on Thursday in the Europa League third qualifying round first leg tie.

Seol was introduced by coach Roy Hodgson as a late substitute, along with new signing Bjorn Helge Riise, and the Korean made an immediate impact when he scored with a superb strike from the edge of the area after 85 minutes.

Bobby Zamora scored the opener for Fulham, who are playing in Europe for the first time since 2002, on the stroke of half-time.

Zamora turned down a summer move to Premier League rivals Hull earlier in the summer and he showed his importance to the Londoners with a 44th-minute strike from a Danny Murphy pass.

Murphy added the second from the penalty spot in the 56th minute after Zamora had been fouled in the area.

Seol then added the third to make Fulham comfortable favourites to progress when the second leg takes place at Craven Cottage next week.

Two ties, meanwhile, were overshadowed by violence.

In Denmark, 111 fans were arrested in the Danish town of Brondy before the home team’s clash with Legia Warsaw.

Police used teargas to break up fighting between the two sets of fans before kick-off in the match which ended 1-1.

Dozens of Croatian fans and eight Slovak policemen were injured in the northern Slovakian town of Zilina where the home team were facing Hajduk Split.

Around 500 Croatian fans threw stones at police and broke shopwindows in the town as they tried to sneak into the stadium.

The police detained 120 Croatians, police spokeswoman Jana Balogova said.