UCL QR3: Partizan Belgrade, Ajax, FC Sheriff, Dynamo Kiev, Zenit, Two Swiss Clubs Advance To Playoff Round; Bhoys Eliminated Despite Game-Two Win

The third qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League concluded with 13 games played on Wednesday.

At Helsinki, Finland:


Cleo scored twice (9', 90'+2) as Partizan Belgrade defeated HJK Helsinki 2-1 on the road in game two and won their two-match series 5-1 on aggregate.

At Saint Petersburg, Russia:

Danny scored the only goal of both the match and the entire two-game series at 33 minutes as Zenit Saint Petersburg defeated Unirea Urziceni 1-0 in game two at home and took the two-match set on aggregate by that same score.



At Copenhagen, Denmark:

Thanks to goals from Cesar Santin (2'), William Kvist (27'), and Dame N'Doye (59'), FC Copenhagen, after last week's scoreless draw in Belarus,  defeated visiting FC BATE Borisov 3-2 in game two and took the two-game series 3-2 on aggregate.

At Zilina, Slovakia:

Emil Rilke (52'), Tomas Ovarec (70'), and Momodou Ceesay (84') each tallied once in the second half as MSK Zilina defeated visiting PFC Litex Lovech 3-1 in game two and won their two-match series 4-2 on aggregate.



At Basel, Switzerland:

FC Basel defeated visiting Debreceni VSC 3-1 in game two and won their two-game series 5-1 on aggregate.  Cagdas Atan (26'), Scott Chipperfield (59'), and Xherdan Shaqiri (64') each scored a goal for the Swiss champions.

At Poznan, Poland:

Jiri Kladrubsky's penalty kick at 50 minutes provided all the scoring as Sparta Prague 
salted away a second successive 1-0 win over Lech Poznan, this time on the road in game two, to take out the Polish club for the series 2-0 on aggregate.



At Zagreb, Croatia:

After game two ended a 1-1 deadlock between Dinamo Zagreb (Sammir making a successful penalty kick at 55 minutes) and visiting FC Sheriff 
(Vladimir Volkov scoring at 18 minutes), and with the two-match series stalemated at 2-2 on aggregate, the series went into---and through---30 scoreless minutes of overtime.  The series was decided in the penalty kick shootout, where Artiom Haceaturov converted the shootout---and series----winning kick in the ninth round as the visiting Moldovan club took the shootout 6-5 to advance to the playoff round.

At Istanbul, Turkey:

Henri Bienvenu scored the only goal of the game at 40 minutes as BSC Young Boys defeated Fenerbahce 1-0 on the road in game two and won their two-game set 3-2 on aggregate.



At Wals-Siezenheim, Austria:

Franz Schiemer scored twice (37', 40') as Red Bull Salzburg overpowered visiting AC Omonia 4-1 in game two and took their two-match series 5-2 on aggregate.

At Ghent, Belgium:

Denys Harmash (32'), Artem Milevskiy (55'), and Oleh Husyev (90') each scored once as Dynamo Kiev defeated KAA Gent 3-1 on the road in game two and won their two-game series 6-1 on aggregate.



At Trondheim, Norway:

Rosenborg defeated visiting AIK 3-0 in game two and won their two-match set with their Swedish opponents 4-0 on aggregate.  The Troll Kids were powered by second-half goals from Rade Prica (55'), Vadim Demidov (64'), and Mikael Lustig (76').

At Thessaloniki, Greece:

Thanks to a 3-3 road deadlock in game two against PAOK FC, Ajax Amsterdam, with the two-match series at 4-4 on aggregate, advanced to the playoff round because of the away goals rule.  Luis Suarez (48'), Siem de Jong (50'), and Rasmus Lindgren (55') each scored a goal during an eight-minute stretch in the second half. 



At Glasgow, Scotland:

Despite dropping a 2-1 decision in game two on the road, SC Braga won their two-game series with Celtic 4-2 on aggregate. Paulo Cesar scored for the Archbishops, who will be playing in the playoff round for a spot in the group stage.



The drawing for the playoff round will take place on Friday in Nyon, Switzerland.  The teams that lost their two-match series on Tuesday and Wednesday this week will play in the playoff round for berths in the Europa League's group stage.