Tuesday, July 13, 2021

UEFA Champions League: Imps, Malmo, Flora, Sheriff, Dinamo Zagreb, Slovan Bratislava Advance To Second Qualifying Round

 12 games were contested as the opening round of UEFA Champions League qualifying resumed.


At Gibraltar:


Lincoln Red Imps dismembered visiting Fola Esch 5-0 in game two and ousted the Luxembourgian club 7-2 on aggregate.


Andre Tjay De Barr (18', 73') and Liam Walker (PK-39', 67') each scored twice for the Imps.


At Riga, Latvia:


Antonio Colak scored the series-winning goal in the 33rd minute as Malmo FF gained a 1-1 road draw in game two with Riga and won their series 2-1 on aggregate.


At Ta' Qali, Malta:


Sergei Zenjov (25'), Rauno Sappinen (33'), and Sten Reinkort (87') each scored once as FC Flora dominated Hibernians 3-0 on the road in game two and won their series with the Maltese club quite handily, 5-0 on aggregate.


At Tiraspol, Moldova:


Adama Traore scored the only goal of the match in the sixth minute as FC Sheriff defeated visiting Teuta 1-0 in game two and ousted the Albanian club 5-0 on aggregate.


At Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina:


After Borac Banja Luka scored twice in regulation to top visiting CFR Cluj 2-0 in game two and deadlock the series at 3-3 on aggregate, and with the away goals rule recently abolished, Alexandru Chipciu scored the series-winning overtime goal in the 113rd minute as the Romanian club won the series 4-3 on aggregate.


At Murska Sobota, Slovenia:


Mihael Klepac scored twice (55', 87') as NK Mura destroyed visiting ten-man Shkendija 5-0 in game two and won their series 6-0 on aggregate.


At Pristina, Kosovo:


Myrto Uzuni produced a hat trick (49', 80', 86') as Ferencvaros overpowered Prishtina 3-1 in game two on the road and took out the club from Kosovo 6-1 on aggregate.


At Podgorica, Montenegro:


Roope Riski scored twice (6', 49') as HJK Helsinki demolished Buducnost Podgorica 4-0 on the road in game two and knocked out the Montenegrin club 7-1 on aggregate.


At Belfast, Northern Ireland:


Saulius Mikoliunas (17') and Ogenyi Onazi (44') each scored once as Zalgiris defeated Linfield 2-1 on the road in game two and took their series 5-2 on aggregate.


At Dublin, Ireland:


Vladimir Weiss scored the series winner in the 73rd minute as Slovan Bratislava, despite dropping a 2-1 game-two road decision to Shamrock Rovers, still won their series 3-2 on aggregate.


At Belgrade, Serbia (due to temporary suspension of UEFA matches in Belarus):


Kiril Despodov scored the lone goal of the match in the 71st minute as Ludogorets Razgrad registered a second 1-0 victory over Skakhtyor Soligorsk, this time on the road, and eliminated the Belorussian club 2-0 on aggregate.


At Reykjavik, Iceland:


Luka Ivanusec (31') and Mislav Orsic (89') each scored once as Dinamo Zagreb blanked Valur 2-0 on the road in game two and knocked out the Icelandic club 5-2 on the road.

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