UEFA Champions League: Opening Qualifying Round Opens With Game-One Wins For CFR Cluj, Ferencvaros, HJK, Flora

The opening round of UEFA Champions League qualifying opened on Tuesday with seven games.

At Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg:

Stefanso Bensi (65') and Denis Ahmetxheka (66') each scored a second-half goal a minute apart, enabling Fola Esch to come back from two goals down to gain a series-opening 2-2 home draw with Lincoln Red Imps.

Fernando Carralero (26') and Ethan Britto (50') each scored once for the club from Gibraltar.

At Helsinki, Finland:

Filip Valencic scored the winning goal in the seventh minute as HJK Helsinki defeated visiting Buducnost Podgorica 3-1 in game one of their two-game series.

At Cluj-Napoca, Romania:

Ciprian Deac scored the game winner at 28 minute as CFR Cluj took game one of their series, 3-1 at visiting Borac Banja Luka's expense.

At Skopje, North Macedonia:

Luka Bobicanec's successfully-executed penalty kick in the 28th minute carried Mura to a series-opening 1-0 road win over Shkendija.

At Budapest, Hungary:

Tokmac Nguen (71'), Ryan Mmaee (74'), Miha Blazic (78') each scored once as Ferencvaros scored three goals seven minutes apart in breaking open their series opener in defeating visiting Prishtina 3-0.

At Vilnius, Lithuania:

Tomisluv Kis's successful penalty kick in the 45th minute produced the game winner for Zalgiris as the hosts downed visiting Linfield 3-1 in game one.

At Tallin, Estonia:

Rauno Sappinen scored twice (75', 89') as FC Flora Tallinn blanked visiting Hibernians 2-0 in their series-opening match.