The third qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League concluded with twelve games contested on Wednesday.
At Dudelange, Luxembourg:
Ales Mertelj scored the only goal of the match in the 79th minute as NK Maribor defeated F91 Dudelange 1-0 on the road in game two and won their two-match series with the Luxembourgian club 5-1 on aggregate.
At Helsingborg, Sweden:
Thomas Sorum delivered a natural hat trick (43', 49', 68') as Helsingborg defeated visiting Slask Wroclaw 3-1 in game two and took our the Polish club 6-1 on aggregate.
At Baku, Azerbaijan:
With goals courtesy of Barak Badash (50') and Laszlo Lencse (90'+1), Ironi Kiryal Shmona gained a 2-2 game-two road draw with Neftchi Baku, good enough for the Israeli club who won their two-match series 6-2 on aggregate.
At Liberec, Czech Republic:
Pantelis Kapetanos (45'+1) and Modou Sougou (90'+4) scored the goals for CFR Cluj as the Romanian club down Slovan Liberec 2-1 in game two and won the series 3-1 on aggregate.
At Vilnius, Lithuania:
Six different goal scorers----Sacha Kljestan (6'), Dennis Praet (31'), Oleksandr Yakovenko (45'+3), Tom De Sutter (47'), Guillermo Mollins (62'), and Fernando Matos (87')----each tallied once as RSC Anderlecht destroyed FK Ekranas 6-0 on the road in game two and finished their 11-0 two-game aggregate annihilation of the Lithuanian club.
At Helsinki, Finland:
Joe Ledley (67') and Georgios Samaras (86') each delivered a goal as Celtic defeated HJK Helsinki 2-0 on the road in game two and finished off the Finnish club 4-1 on aggregate to advance to the playoff round.
At Basel, Switzerland:
David Degen scored the series-winning goal in the 75th minute while goalkeeper Yann Sommer saved Magne Hoseth's second-half stoppage-time penalty kick as FC Basel gained a 1-1 game-two home draw with Molde FK and won their two-match series with the Norwegian club 2-1 on aggregate.
At Piatra Neamt, Romania:
Ex-Liverpool star Dirk Kuyt scored twice (71', 76') as Fenerbahce overpowered home-standing FC Vaslui 4-1 on game one and won the two-match series 5-2 on aggregate.
At Bruges, Belgium:
After a scoreless game-one stalemate, Nicolai Jorgensen (61'), Christian Bolanos (78'), and Cesar Santin (90'+5) each tallied once as FC Copenhagen defeated Club Brugge on the road 3-2 in the second match and won the two-game series by that same score on aggregate.
At Zagreb, Croatia:
Domagoj Vida (16'), Fatos Beciraj (34'), Dure Cop (78'), and Luis Ibanez (87') each scored once as Dinamo Zagreb demolished visiting FC Sheriff 4-0 in game two and took out the Moldovan club 5-0 on aggregate for the series.
At Belgrade, Serbia:
Dosa Junior scored the only goal of the match in the 23rd minute as AEL Limassol picked up a second successive 1-0 victory over Partizan Belgrade, this time on the road, and eliminated the Serbian champions 2-0 on aggregate.
At Athens:
Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (51'), Charalampos Mavrias (75'), and Ibrahim Sissoko (83') each tallied once as Panathinaikos dominated visiting Motherwell 3-0 in game two and took out the overmatched Scottish club 5-0 on aggregate.
The winners all advanced to the Playoff Round in with Champions League group-stage berths at stake.
For the losers, it's not the end of their respective European campaigns, since they will take part in Europa League playoff-round action.
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