Football: Kubo scores, Sociedad win 1st leg of Europa League playoff

Takefusa Kubo netted a thunderous strike before halftime as Spain's Real Sociedad won 2-1 away to Denmark's Midtjylland in the first leg of their Europa League knockout phase playoff tie Thursday.After Brais Mendez opened the scoring for Sociedad in the 11th minute, the Japan attacker doubled the lead 20 minutes later by firing a shot into the top corner from just outside the box for his second goal of the tournament.Adam Buksa pulled one back for the home side in the 38th minute at Arena Herning.While the top eight sides in the league phase automatically qualified for the round of 16, the …READ FULL ARTICLE