Wednesday, July 29, 2015

UEFA Champions League Qualifying: Red Bull Salzburg, Bhoys, Basel Take Series Openers; Rapid Battle Back To Grab Home Draw With Ajax

Six games were played on Wednesday as the third round of UEFA Champions League qualifying continued.

At Helsinki, Finland:

The opening contest between HJK Helsinki and Kazakhstan's FC Astana ended in a 0-0 stalemate.

At Wals-Siezenheim, Austria:

Andreas Ulmer (51') and Martin Hinteregger (PK-89) each delivered a goal as FC Red Bull Salzburg blanked visiting Malmo FF 2-0 in the opening contest of their two-game series.

At Bucharest, Romania:

Fernando Lopes dos Santos Varela's equalizer in the 81st minute enabled Steaua Bucharest to salvage a series-opening 1-1 home draw with Partizan Belgrade in a match that was played behind closed doors as ordered by UEFA.  Miroslav Vulicevic scored for the Serbian club in the 62nd minute.

At Poznan, Poland:

Marc Janko scored the winning goal in the 77th minute as FC Basel took the opening contest of their series with Lech Poznan 3-1 on the road.

At Glasgow, Scotland:

Dedryk Boyata scored the only goal of the match in the 82nd minute as Celtic posted a series-opening 1-0 home victory over Qarabag.

At Vienna, Austria:

Florian Kainz (48') and Robert Beric (76') each scored a second-half goal as Rapid Vienna overcame a two-goal deficit and salvaged a 2-2 series-opening home draw with Ajax Amsterdam.  Davy Klassen scored both goals for the Dutch giants (25', 43').

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