Wednesday, August 19, 2020

UEFA Champions League Qualifying: Molde, Sheriff, Sarajevo, Ludogorets, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Suduva Advance

The first round of UEFA Champions League continued on Wednesday with 12 games.

At Molde, Norway:

Eirik Hestad opened the scoring in the 26th minute as Molde, with five players each scoring once, destroyed visiting KuPS 5-0.

At Budapest, Hungary:

Tokmac Nguen scored twice (33', 62') as Ferencvaros blanked visiting Djurgarden 2-0.

At Tirsapol, Moldova:

Anatole Abang (36') and Andrej Lukic (80') each scored once as FC Sheriff blanked visiting Fola Esch 2-0.

At Cardiff, Wales:

Benjamin Tatar scored both goals (16', 66') in FK Sarajevo's 2-0 road blanking of Connah's Quay Nomads.

At Podgorica, Montenegro:

Mavis Tchibota scored the winning goal in the 25th minute as Ludogorets Razgrad defeated Buducnost Podgorica 3-1 on the road.

At Yerevan, Armenia:

Thiago scored the only goal of the match in overtime (94') as Omonia knocked off Ararat-Armenia 1-0 on the road.

At Ta'Qali, Malta:

Mike Cestor (53') and Catalin Golofca (90'+7) each scored once as CFR Cluj blanked Floriana 2-0 on the road.

At Tel Aviv, Israel:

Nicholas Blackman converted a pair of penalty kicks (58', 88') as Maccabi Tel Aviv blanked visiting Riga 2-0.

At Tbilisi, Georgia:

Augustin Torassa (45'+4) and Marsel Ismailgeci (86') each scored once as KF Tirane blanked Dinamo Tbilisi 2-0 on the road.

At Tallinn, Estonia:

After a 1-1 regulation draw, followed by 30 scoreless overtime minutes, Andro Svrljuga, Valerijs Sabala, Domagoj Pusic, and Mihret Topcagic each converted a spot kick as guests FK Suduva Marijampole won the penalty-kick shootout, 4-2 over FC Flora Tallinn.

At Budapest, Hungary (due to COVID-19 travel restrictions between Slovenia and the Republic of Ireland):

Luka Kerin (43'), Dario Vizinger (89'), and Filip Dangubic (90'+5) each scored once as Croatia's Celje dominated Ireland's Dundalk 3-0.

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