Wednesday, August 26, 2020

UEFA Champions League Qualifying: Dinamo Zagreb, Young Boys, Ferencvaros (Who Knock Off Bhoys), AZ, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Rapid Vienna Advance

The second round of UEFA Champions League qualifying concluded on Wednesday with 11 games.

Champions Path:

At Cluj-Napoca, Romania:

After a 2-2 deadlock through regulation (and thirty minutes of scoreless overtime), Bruno Petkovic, Marin Leovac, Arijan Ademi, Petar Stojanovic, Emir Dilaver, and Josko Gvardiol all converted their spot kicks as Dinamo Zagreb won the penalty-kick shootout, 6-5, over hosts CFR Cluj.

At Bern, Switzerland:

Miralem Sulejmani scored the winning goal in the 57th minute as BSC Young Boys held off visiting KI 3-1.

At Glasgow, Scotland:

Tokmac Nguen scored the winning goal in the 75th minute as Ferencvaros knocked off Celtic 2-1 on the road.

At Marijampole, Lithuania:

Avi Rikan (30'), Nicholas Alexander (74'), and Ofir Davidzada (90'+2) each scored once as Maccabi Tel Aviv dominated FK Suduva Marijampole 3-0 on the road.

At Warsaw, Poland:

Jordi Gomez (PK-92') and Thiago (107') each scored an overtime goal as Omonia upended Legia Warsaw 2-0 on the road.

At Celje, Slovenia:

Leke James scored the winning goal in the 74th minute as Molde FK knocked off Celje 2-1 on the road.

At Razgrad, Bulgaria:

Junior Brumado scored the only goal of the match in the 78th minute as Denmark's FC Midtjylland defeated Ludogorets Razgrad 1-0 on the road.

At Brest, Belarus:

Abdoulaye Diallo scored the game winner at 49 minutes as Dynamo Brest defeated visiting FK Sarajevo 2-1.

At Baku, Azerbaijan:

Mahir Emreli scored the game winner at 63 minutes as Qarabag defeated visiting FC Sheriff 2-1.



League Path:

At Alkmaar, Netherlands:

Albert Gudmundsson scored twice in overtime (98', 118') as AZ Alkmaar outlasted visiting Viktoria Plzen 3-1.

At Zagreb, Croatia:

Ercan Kara scored the game's lone goal in the 32nd minute as Rapid Vienna defeated Lokomotiva Zagreb 1-0 the road.

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