Wednesday, July 28, 2021

UEFA Champions League: PSV, Olympiacos, Young Boys, Sheriff, Red Star, Ludogorets, CFR Cluj, Midtjylland (Who Knock Out Bhoys), Sparta Prague Advance To Third Qualifying Round

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


Champions Path:


At Tiraspol, Moldova:


Gustavo Dulanto (15'), Luvannor (23'), and Sebastien Thill (PK-87') each scored once as FC Sheriff downed visiting Alashkert 3-1 in game two and won their series 4-1 on aggregate.


At Baku, Azerbaijan:


Giorgios Masouras scored the only goal of the match in the 15th minute as Olympiacos registered a second 1-0 victory over Neftci Baku, this time on the road as the Legend ousted the Azerbaijani club 2-0 on aggregate.


At Cluj-Napoca, Romania:


Mike Cestor (18') and Runar Sigurjonsson (58') each scored once as CFR Cluj defeated visiting Lincoln Red Imps 2-0 in game two and won their series 4-1 on aggregate.


At  Razgrad, Bulgaria:


Pieros Sotiriou (4'), Elvis Manu (82'), and Cauly Oliveira Souza (90') each scored once as Ludogorets Razgrad overpowered visiting Mura 3-0 in game two and eliminated the Slovenian club by that same score on aggregate.


At Bern, Switzerland:


Mikel Aebischer scored the game----and series----winner in the 49th minute as BSC Young Boys outlasted visiting Slovan Bratislava 3-2 in game two and took out the Slovakian club by that same score on aggregate.


At Belgrade, Serbia:


Aleksandar Katai scored twice (9', 42') as Red Star Belgrade destroyed visiting Kairat 5-0 in game two and easily wiped out their series-opening defeat by outclassing the Kazakh club 6-2 on aggregate.




League Path:


At Herning, Denmark:


After another 1-1 regulation draw in game two that deadlocked the series at 2-2 on aggregate, Raphael Onyedika scored the series winner in overtime (94') as FC Midtjylland eliminated visiting Celtic 3-2 on aggregate.


At Istanbul, Turkey:


Noni Madueke (37') and Marco van Ginkel (59') each scored once as PSV Eindhoven defeated Galatasaray 2-1 on the road in game two and won their series 7-2 on aggregate.


At Prague, Czech Republic:


David Karlsson (PK-16') and Jakub Pesek (81') each scored once as Sparta Prague overcame their series-opening defeat in Vienna by blanking visiting Rapid Vienna 2-0 in game two and won their series 3-2 on aggregate.

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