UEFA Champions League

The third round of UEFA Champions League commenced on Tuesday with seven games.

CHAMPIONS PATH:

At Belgrade, Serbia:

Erik Grendel's equalizer in the 25th minute carried Spartak Trnava to a series-opening 1-1 road draw with Red Star Belgrade.

El Fardou Ben Nabouhane scored at 23 minutes for the Serbian club.

At Baku, Azerbaijan:

Stanislaw Drahun scored the only goal of the match in the 36th minute as FC BATE Borisov took the opening contest of their series with Qarabag 1-0 on the road.

At Astana, Kazakhstan:

Mario Budmir (39') and Dani Olmo (84') each scored once as Dinamo Zagreb took their series opener with Astana 2-0 on the road.

At Malmo, Sweden:

Loic Nego's equalizer in the 71st minute lifted MOL Vidi to a series-opening 1-1 road draw with Malmo FF.

Anders Christiansen scored for the hosts in the 62nd minute.



LEAGUE PATH:

At Liege, Belgium:

Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez (67') and Renaud Emond (PK-90'+4) each scored a goal in the second half, enabling Standard Liege to battle back from two goals down to gain a series-opening 2-2 home draw with Ajax Amsterdam.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (19') and Dusan Tadic (34') delivered the goals in the opening half for the visiting Dutch club.

At Lisbon:

Franco Cervi scored the only goal of SL Benfica's 1-0 series-opening home victory over Fenerbahce in the 69th minute.

At Prague, Czech Republic:

Josef Husbauer's penalty kick at the death (90'+5) eanbled Slavia Prague to gain a 1-1 series-opening home deadlock with Dynamo Kiev.

Benjamin Verbic for the club from the Ukrainian capital in the 62nd minute.