Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Wednesday Action In Third Round of Qualifying For UEFA Champions League

Here's the rundown on Wednesday's action in the third round of qualifying for the 2006-07 UEFA Champions League:

At the opener of their two-game home-and-away set, homestanding Lille defeated FK Rabotnicki 3-0. Details here.

Before the home fans in Kiev, Dynamo Kiev racked up a 3-1 opening match win over Fenerbahce. Details here.

Croatian striker Ivica Olic scored twice during the course of six minutes around the one-hour mark to lead CSKA Moscow to a big 3-0 opening match home victory against MFK Ruzomberak. Details here.

In Donetsk, Ukraine, Elano Blumer's successful first-half penalty kick provided all the scoring as Shakhtar Donetsk defeated Ligia Warszawa 1-0 in their series opener. Details here.

At Sofia, Bulgaria, Levski Sofia blanked ChievoVerona 2-0 in this series opener. Details here.

At Hamburg, Germany, AC Osasuna and Hamburger SV battled to a scorless draw in the two teams' opener. Details here.

At Salzburg, Austria, Karel Pitak scored in the 73rd minute to lead Red Bull Salzburg to a 1-0 win over Valencia CF in their series opener. Details here.

At Istanbul, Turkey, homestanding Galatasaray SK rang up a 5-2 series-opening win over FK Mlada Boleslav. Details here.

At Milan, Italy, Filippo Inzaghi celebrated his 33rd birthday by scoring the only goal in AC Milan's series-opening 1-0 win over visiting Red Star Belgrade. Details here.

At Copenhagen, Denmark, Klaas Jan Huntelaar scored twice to lead visiting Ajax to a 2-1 win over FC Copenhagen in the opening match of the two-game set between these two clubs. Details here.

At Liverpool, England, Mark Gonzalez scored in the 88th minute, roughly two minutes after entering the match as a substitute, lifting Liverpool FC to a 2-1 win over Maccabi Haifi FC in the first game of the two teams' two-game set. Details here.

At Liege, Belgium, Steaua Bucharest and Standard Liege battled to a 2-2 draw in the two teams' opener. Details here.

At Liberec, Czech Republic, FC Spartak Moscow and FC Slovan Liberec played to an opening match scoreless draw. Details here.

At Edinburgh, Scotland, AEK Athens scored two goals in the final two minutes to steal a huge win on the road, 2-1, over Heart of Midlothian FC (Hearts, or in this case, Broken Hearts). Details here.









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