First Legs of the Second Round of Champions League games have been played. The losers of these ties drop into the Europa League Third Qualifying Round. Astana 2-1 Mijdtyland Ludogorets 0-0 MOL Vidi (formerly known as Videoton) Kukesi 0-0 Qarabag CFR Cluj 0-1 Malmo FF Dinamo 5-1 Be'er Sheva Red Star Belgrade 3-0 Suduva BATE 0-0 HJK Helsinki Shkendija 1-0 Sheriff Tiraspol Legia Warsaw 0-2 Spartak Trnava Celtic 3-1 Rosenborg Legia is a bit of a shock and I'd have expected Ludogorets to have done Videoton over. The Europa League ties played tonight that might be of interest (there's 46 ties in total, I'm only listing the interesting ones, sorry. It's too hot for all of them). Cork City have a bye to the next round. They will play either Hapoel Haifa or FH Harfnarfjordur in the Third Qualifying Round The New Saints 2-1 Lincoln Red Imps Torpedo Kutaisi 3-0 Vikingur Gota Olimpija Ljubljana 5-1 Crusaders Aberdeen 1-1 Burnley Nordsjaelland 1-0 AIK Dundalk 0-0 AEK Larnaca Osijek 0-1 Rangers B36 Torshavn 0-2 Besiktas Hibernian 3-2 Asteras Tripolis
Sorry I'm a tad late to this, but just because I didn't post a tune from Mr Mojo Risin' doesn't mean I didn't notice...
Second Round of Qualifying completed in the Champion's League (all scores are aggregate after two legs): Astana 2-1 FC Midjtylland Ludogorets 0-1 Mol Vidi Kukesi 0-3 Qarabag Cluj 1-2 Malmo Dinamo Zagreb 7-2 Hapoel Beer Sheva Red Star Belgrade 5-0 Suduva BATE Borisov 2-1 HJK Helsinki Shkendija 1-0 Sheriff Legia 1-2 Spartak Trnava Celtic 3-1 Rosenborg PAOK 5-1 FC Basel Ajax 5-1 Sturm Graz A few shocks in there, particularly Basel crumbling so badly. I'd have expected Ludogorets to go through too, ditto Midjtylland. Celtic play AEK Athens in the next round. The losing teams from this round enter the Europa League Third Qualifying Round. Europa League selected ties TNS 3-2 Lincoln Red Imps Torpedo Kutaisi 7-0 Vikingur Gota F91 Dudelange 3-2 Drita (just cos I like the name Dudelange, reminds me of The Big Lebowski) Olimpija Ljubljana 6-2 Crusaders Atalanta 10-2 Sarajevo Aberden 2-4 Burnley (AET) Nordsjaelland 2-0 AIK (Seb's team) Dundalk 0-4 AEK Larnaca Spartak Subotica 3-2 Sparta Prague Honved 1-2 Progres Niederkorn Osijek 1-2 Rangers B36 Torshavn 0-8 Besiktas (The dream is over) Hibernian 4-3 Asteras Tripolis (Let's not laugh) Genk 9-1 Fola Esch Some interesting ties in the next qualifying round (Third): Cork City vs Rosenborg TNS vs Midtjylland Istanbul Basaksehir vs Burnley Hibernian vs Molde Rangers vs Maribor
I have already lashed out sixteen hundred (imaginary) quid to get to the far north of Khazakhstan! I just follow the winners, so destiny is not in my hands. Prelim - Cefn Druids vs Trakai (W) 1st Q - Trakai (W) vs Irtysh Pavlodar 2nd Q - Partizan Belgrade (W) vs Trakai 3rd Q - Nordsjælland vs Partizan Belgrade
EUROPA LEAGUE PLAY-OFF ROUND DRAW - @RangersFC or Maribor to play FC Ufa or Progres Niederkorn. - @HibsOfficial or Molde will play Dinamo Minsk or Zenit St-Petersburg. - @BurnleyOfficial or Istanbul Basaksehir to play Olympiacos or Lucerne. #SSN
I doubt they'll get the better of FC Ufa, but they were the ones to knock out Rangers last time. At the time they'd just finished 4th in Luxembourg's top flight.
rangers 3-1 maribor hibs 0-0 molde basaksehir 0-0 burnley and our old friends trencin hammered feyernoord 4-0!
