Wednesday, August 22, 2018

UEFA Champions League: AEK, Ajax Take Series Openers; Dinamo Zagreb and Young Boys Draw In Switzerland

The playoff round for UEFA Champions League group-stage berths reached its' midway point on Wednesday with three games.

CHAMPIONS PATH:

At Bern, Switzerland:

Mislav Orsic's equalizer in the 40th minute carried Dinamo Zagreb to a series-opening 1-1 road draw with BSC Young Boys.

Melingo Mbabu scored for the hosts in the second minute.

At Budapest, Hungary:

Anastasios Bakasetas scored the winning goal in the 49th minute as AEK Athens defeated MOL Vidi 2-1 on the road in the opening contest of their series.




LEAGUE PATH:

At Amsterdam, Netherlands:

Donny Van de Beek (2'), Hakim Ziyech (35'), and Dusan Tadic (43') each scored once in the first half as Ajax Amsterdam took the measure of visiting Dynamo Kiev 3-1 in game one.

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