Thursday, July 8, 2021

UEFA Champions League: FC Sheriff, Malmo, Ludogorets, Dinamo Zagreb, Slovan Bratislava, Legia Warsaw Take Series Openers

The opening round of UEFA Champions League reached its' midway point on Wednesday with nine games.


At Bratislava, Slovakia:


Rafael Ratao scored twice (28', 47') as Slovan Bratislava blanked visiting Shamrock Rovers 2-0 in their series opener.


At Malmo, Sweden:


Antonio-Mirko Colak scored the only goal of the match in the 50th minute as Malmo FF defeated visiting Riga 1-0 in their series-opening contest.


At Bodo, Norway:


Mahir Emreli scored twice (41', 61') as Legia Warsaw took the measure of Bodo/Glimt 2-1 on the road in game one.


At Aberystwyth, Wales:


David Khurtsidze scored twice (21', 45') to help Alashkert gain a 2-2 series-opening road draw with Connah's Quay Nomads.


Craig Curran (19') and George Horan (79') each scored once for the Nomads.


At Durres, Albania:


Luvannor Henrique de Sousa Silva scored twice (15', 45'+1) as FC Sheriff arrested Teuta 4-0 on the road in their series opener.


At Tbilisi, Georgia:


Emin Mahmudov converted a penalty kick in the 57th minute for the game-winning goal as Neftci Baku upended Dinamo Tbilisi 2-1 on the road in their series-opening contest.


At Haifa, Israel:


Nuraly Alip's equalizer in the 76th minute lifted Kairat to a series-opening 1-1 road draw with Maccabi Haifa.


Omir Atzill scored for the Green Apes at 45 minutes.


At Razgrad, Bulgaria:


Cauly Oliveira Souza's goal at the death (90'+2) carried Ludogorets Razgrad to a series-opening 1-0 home victory over Shakhtyor Soligorsk.


At Zagreb, Croatia:


Arijan Ademi scored twice (8', 72') as Dinamo Zagreb held off visiting Valur 3-2 in their series opener.

 

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