Wednesday, July 19, 2017

UEFA Champions League: Bhoys, Legia, RB Salzburg, APOEL, Sheriff, Copenhagen, Trond Kids Advance To Third Qualifying Round

Ten games were contested on Wednesday as the second round of UEFA Champions League qualifying concluded.

At Dudelange, Luxembourg:

Igor de Camargo's penalty kick in the 40th minute produced the only goal of the match as APOEL FC registered a second 1-0 victory over F91 Dudelange, this time on the road, and eliminated the Luxembourgian club 2-0 on aggregate.

At Razgrad, Bulgaria:

Claudiu Keseru scored twice in the second half (58', 74') as Ludogorets Razgrad overcame their series-opening road defeat with a 4-1 game-two home domination of Zalgiris Vilnius and won their series with the Lithuanian club 5-3 on aggregate.

At Wals-Siezenheim, Austria:

Marc Rzatkowski (11'), Fredrik Guldbrandsen (19'), and Amadou Haidara (85') each scored once as FC Red Bull Salzburg posted a second 3-0 domination against Hibernians, this time at home, to finish off the Maltese club 6-0 on aggregate.

At Elbasan, Albania:

Cyrille Bayala scored what proved to be the series-winning goal in the 58th minute as FC Sheriff, despite dropping a 2-1 game-two road decision to Kukesi, advanced on away goals with the aggregate score at 2-2.

At Copenhagen, Denmark:

Benjamin Verbic successfully converted his penalty kick in the 48th minute, as FC Copenhagen, despite dropping a game-two 2-1 home decision to MSK Zilina, still won their series 4-3 on aggregate.

At Budapest, Hungary:

Anthony Nwakaeme scored twice (16', 84') as Hapoel Be'er Sheva defeated Budapest Honved FC 3-2 on the road in game two and won their two-match series 5-3 on aggregate.

At Maribor, Slovenia:

Mitja Viler's goal in the 27th minute lifted NK Maribor to a 1-1 game-two home deadlock with Zrinjski Mostar and a 3-2 series aggregate victory at the Bosnian club's expense.

At Trondheim, Norway:

After a second 1-1 draw in regulation time to square the series at 2-2 on aggregate, Matthias Vilhjalmsson scored the series winner in the 98th minute as Rosenborg won their series with visiting Dundalk 3-2 on aggregate after overtime.

At Glasgow, Scotland:

Scott Sinclair scored twice (4', 54') as Celtic demolished visiting Linfield 4-0 in game two and won their series 6-0 on aggregate.

At Warsaw, Poland:

Michal Kucharczyk scored twice (40', PK-54') as Legia Warsaw firebombed visiting IFK Mariehamm 6-0 in game two and completed their two-contest whitewashing of the Finnish club 9-0 on aggregate.

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