Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Liverpool, Rangers, and Lazio Reach Champions League Group Stage

Three games were played on Tuesday as the third round of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League was in its' final week.

At Liverpool, England:

Thanks to an offensive barrage consisting of goals from Peter Crouch (19'), Sami Hyypia (49') and Dirk Kuyt (87', 90'), Liverpool qualified for the Group Stage of the UCL as they belted visiting Toulouse 4-0 in the second game of their third qualifying round series and took the series 5-0 on aggregate.

At Belgrade, Serbia:

Visiting Rangers locked up a UCL Group Stage berth with their second-game 0-0 draw with Red Star Belgrade, enabling the Scottish club to take the two-game set 1-0 on aggregate.

At Bucharest, Romania:

After settling for a 1-1 home draw in their previous encounter with Dinamo Bucharest, and trailing 1-0 on the road in game two, Lazio bounced back with three second-half goals to take the game 3-1, and the series on aggregate 4-2. Tommaso Rocchi scored twice (47', 67') and Goran Pandev added one (55') for the Group Stage-bound Young Eagles.

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