Tuesday, July 24, 2018

UEFA Champions League: Second Qualifying Round Opens

Seven games were played on Tuesday as the second round of UEFA Champions League qualifying commenced.

CHAMPIONS PATH:

At Astana, Kazakhstan:


Laszlo Kleinheiser scored twice (31', 90'+4) as Astana defeated visiting FC Nordjaelland 2-1 in the opening game of their two-match series.

At Cluj-Napoca, Romania:

Sergio Strandberg scored the only goal of the match at 45 minutes as Malmo FF knocked off CFR Cluj 1-0 on the road in their series-opening contest.

At Zagreb, Croatia:

Arijan Ademi scored twice (51', 62') as Dinamo Croatia whacked visiting Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5-0 in the opening contest of their series.

At Belgrade, Serbia:

Nemanja Radonjic scored twice (35', 68') as Red Star Belgrade dominated visiting Suduva Marijampole 3-0 in game one.

At Skopje, Macedonia:

Besart Ibraimi scored the only goal of Shkendija's series-opening 1-0 victory over visiting FC Sheriff.

At Warsaw, Poland:

Erik Grendel (16') and Jan Vlasko (90'+3) each scored once as FC Spartak Trnava knocked off Legia Warsaw 2-0 on the road in their series-opening match.

LEAGUE PATH:

At Thessaloniki, Greece:

Jose Alberto Canas (32') and Aleksandar Prijovic (80') produced the goals that carried PAOK FC to a series-opening 2-1 home victory over FC Basel.

Albian Ajeti's goal in the 82nd minute kept the Swiss club in the series.

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