Wednesday Action In UEFA Champions League Second Round Of Qualifying

In Wednesday action in UEFA Champions League second round of qualiying:

As a result of a scoreless draw at Moscow, coupled with last week's 1-1 draw in Moldova, Spartak Moscow defeated Sheriff Tiraspol 1-1 on aggregate because of the away goals rule. Next up for the Red-Whites will be FC Slovan Liberec, with the opening game to be played next week in Moscow. Details of the Wednesday match here.

At Tiblisi, Georgia, PFC Levski Sofia registered a second straight 2-0 win over FC Sioni Bolnisi to advance to the third round of qualifying. The Bulgarian side will next face AC Chievo Verona, with a spot in the group stage at stake. The first game of the two game set will take place next week in Sofia, Bulgaria. Details of the Wednesday match here.

Before the home fans, Rusian Rotan scored twice to spur Dynamo Kiev to a 4-0 pasting of FHK Liepajas Metalurgs to easily win that two-game set on an aggragate of 8-1. Details of the match can be found here. Next up for Dynamo is a two-game set against Fenerbahce SK with the first match next week in the Ukranian capital.

With last week's 2-0 home win in tow, FC Copenhagen battled MyPa to a 2-2 draw in Anjalankoski, Finland, thus enabling the Danish side to win 4-2 on aggregate. You can find the details of this Scandanavian battle here. Next up for the Lions is Ajax of Amsterdam, with the opening game of this two-match third round qualifying series next week in Copenhagen.

At Ruzomberok, Slovakia, it appeared that losing their opener 1-0 at Stockholm did not bother MFK Ruzomberok too much, for before the home fans, they defeated Djurgarden 3-1 to take the two game set on aggregate 3-2. Details here. Next up for the Slovak side is a trip to Moscow for next week's opening game of their third-round qualifying set against CSKA Moscow.

The three goals that Heart of Midlothian FC (Hearts) scored last week at Edinburgh, Scotland were more than enough for the Jambos to advance to the next qualifying round. A scoreless deadlock at Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina locked up a Hearts series win against NK Siroki Brijeg on aggregate, 3-0. Details here. Next up for Hearts is a two-game set against AEK Athens, with the first match next week in Edinburgh.

Following up their 2-0 road win of last week, Steaua Bucharest kept it up in front of the home fans in Bucharest with a 3-0 whitewashing of ND Gorica to finish off the Slovenian side on aggregate 5-0. Details here. Next up for the Speeders will be Royal Standard de Liege, with the opening match of that two-game set in Liege, Belgium, next week.

At Skopje, Macedonia, homestanding FK Rabotnicki registed a 4-1 victory in their second match against Debrecen to dispatch the Hungarian club on aggregate, 5-2. Details here. For the winners, this means a two-game set against Lille OSC, with the opening match next week at Lille, France.

FK Mlada Boleslav and Valerenga IF Fotball battled to a 2-2 draw on the Valerenga pitch in Oslo, Norway. That enabled the Czech side to win the two-game set on aggregate, 5-3. Details here. Next up: a two-game set againt Galatasaray SK, with opening game next week in Istanbul, Turkey.

Goran Ljubojevic's hat trick helped propel Dinamo Zagreb to an easy 5-2 win over Ekranas before the home fans at Zagreb, Croatia, thus completing the 9-3 victory in the two-game set on aggregate. Details here. Next for Dinamo, a two-game set against Arsenal, with the first match next week at home in Zagreb.

After last week's 1-0 victory at Cork City (thanks to an own goal), FC Red Star Belgrade left nothing to chance for the return match in the Serbian capital, and they prevailed 3-0 in the game, thus taking the set on aggregate, 4-0. Details here. Next for the men from Belgrade is a two-game set against AC Milan, with the opening match next week at San Siro Stadium, in Milan, Italy.

Coupled with last week's 1-0 win on the road at Hafnarfjordur, Iceland, Ligla Warszawa finished off FH Hafnarfjordur with a 2-0 home win at Warsaw, Poland, with the Polish side taking the two-game set on aggregate 3-0. Details here.
Next up, a two-game set against FC Shakhtar Donetsk, with the first game to be played next week at Donetsk, Ukraine.

After losing the opener at Zurich, 2-1, last week, Red Bull Salzburg returned to the friendly confines of Wals Siezenheim Stadium in Salzburg, Austria, posted a 2-0 victory over FC Zurich, and overtook the Swiss side on aggregate, 3-2. Details here. Next for the Red Bulls, a two-game set against Valencia CF, with the first match to be played next week at Salzburg.


Third qualifying round matchups that were determined at last Friday's draw:

Austria Vienna vs. Benfica, with the first match next week at Vienna.

Hamburger SV vs. Osasuna, with the first match next week at Hamburg, Germany.

Liverpool FC vs. Maccabi Haifa, with the first match next week at Liverpool, England.