Swansea City are through to the last 32 of the Europa League despite producing a lacklustre performance in losing 1-0 to St Gallen in Switzerland on Thursday.
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The Welsh side knew that a point in north-eastern Switzerland would secure their qualification for the knockout stages from Group A but instead a second- half Marco Mathys goal allowed the already- eliminated hosts to bow out on a high.
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Nevertheless, the defeat did not prevent the Swans from advancing as Kuban Krasnodar failed to get the victory they required away to Valencia in Spain to stand a chance of grabbing second place.
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Paraguayan Lorenzo Melgarejo scored to earn the Russians a 1-1 draw after young forward Paco Alcacer put group winners Valencia ahead at the Mestalla, but Kuban bowed out.
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Swansea manager Michael Laudrup will be relieved at seeing his men go through to Monday's draw for the first knockout round after they failed to build on a promising start in Group A.
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The Premier League club won their opening two matches, but took just two points from their following four games and never got a grip of Thursday's encounter, much of which was played in thick fog.
Swansea is a team that will go far in the Europa League