Tuesday, August 06, 2013

UEFA Champions League: Steaua, Basel, Maribor, Shakhter, Ludogorets Razgrad, Yellow Canaries, Lyon Advance To Playoff Round

The second and final week of the third round of UEFA Champions League qualifying got under way with seven games played on Tuesday.

At Tel Aviv, Israel:

Fabian Schar (PK-5'), Mohamed Salah (32'), and Marcelo Diaz (34') each scored a first-half goal as FC Basel, despite blowing a three-goal lead on the road, still gained a 3-3 game-two draw with Maccabi Haifa and won their two-match series with the Israeli club 4-3 on aggregate.

At Bucharest, Romania:

Iasmin Latovlevici scored in the seventh minute as Steaua Bucharest gained a 1-1 game-two home draw with Dinamo Tbilisi, good enough to win their two-match series 3-1 on aggregate.

At Maribor, Slovenia:

Despite being held to a 0-0 game-two home stalemate by ten-man APOEL FC, NK Maribor, with the aggregate score at 1-1, won their two-match series with the Cypriot club on away goals.

At Tirana, Albania:

Sergei Khizhnichenko (38') and Maksat Baizanov (67') each scored a goal as FC Shakhter Karagandy, despite dropping a 3-2 game-two decision on the road to Skenderbeu Korce, still won their two-match series 5-3 on aggregate.

At Belgrade, Serbia:

Hristo Zlatinski's successful penalty kick in the 88th minute provided all the scoring in PFC Ludogorets Razgrad's 1-0 game-two road win Partizan Belgrade, enabling the Bulgarian club to take the series 3-1 on aggregate.

At Istanbul, Turkey:

Raul Meireles (8'), Moussa Sow (17'), and Pierre Webo (34') each tallied once in a dominating first half as Fenerbahce defeated visiting FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-1 in game two and won their series 4-2 on aggregate.

At Zurich, Switzerland:

Clement Grenier scored the only goal of the match 82nd minute as Lyon posted a second stright 1-0 win over Grasshoppers, this time on the road as the French club took the series 2-0 on aggregate.

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