UEFA Champions League: Third Qualifying Round Opens With Series-Opening Wins For Malmo (at 'Gers Expense), Monaco, PSV, Shakhtar

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

Champions Path:

At Malmo, Sweden:

Soren Rieks (47') and Veljko Bimancevic (49') each scored a goal two minutes apart in the early minutes of the second half as Malmo FF topped visiting Rangers 2-1 in their series-opening match. 

At Cluj-Napoca, Romania:

Vincent Sierro's equalizer at the death (90'+3) carried BSC Young Boys to a series-opening 1-1 road draw with CFR Cluj.

Cristian Manea scored in the fourth minute for the Railwaymen.

At Piraeus, Greece:

Aguibou Camera's equalizer in the 87th minute lifted Olympiacos to a series-opening 1-1 home draw with Ludogorets Razgrad.

Kiril Despovod scored in the 50th minute for the Bulgarian club.

At Belgrade, Serbia:

Lois Diony's goal late in the first half (45'+1) lifted Red Star Belgrade to a 1-1 game-one home deadlock with FC Sheriff.

Frank Castaneda scored at 33 minutes for the Moldovan club.

League Path:

At Prague, Czech Republic:

Aurelien Tchouameni (37') and Kevin Volland (59') each scored once as AS Monaco blanked Sparta Prague 2-0 on the road in their series-opening contest.

At Eindhoven, Netherlands:

Noni Madueke (19'), Mario Gotze (29'), and Cody Gakpo (32') each scored a goal in the first half as PSV Eindhoven opened their series with FC Midtjyllan by dominating the Danish club 3-0 at home.

At Genk, Belgium:

Alan Patrick scored the winning goal in the 81st minute as Shakhtar Donetsk upended KRC Genk 2-1 on the road in their series opener.