Celtic, Legia, Salzburg lead ten more through
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
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Legia scored six and Celtic managed four while Ludogorets and Salzburg also recorded big wins as the final ten teams booked places in the third qualifying round.
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Second qualifying round deciders (click for details)
Wednesday games
Celtic 4-0 Linfield (agg: 6-0)
Dudelange 0-1 APOEL (agg: 0-2)
Honvéd 2-3 Hapoel Beer-Sheva (agg: 3-5)
København 1-2 Žilina (agg: 4-3)
Kukës 2-1 Sheriff (agg: 2-2; Sheriff win on away goals)
Legia 6-0 Mariehamn (agg: 9-0)
Ludogorets 4-1 Žalgiris (agg: 5-3)
Maribor 1-1 Zrinjski (agg: 3-2)
Rosenborg 2-1 Dundalk (aet) (agg: 3-2)
Salzburg 3-0 Hibernians (agg: 6-0)
Rosenborg and København both had to survive big scares to reach the third qualifying round. Norwegian champions Rosenborg were taken to extra time by Dundalk before Matthías Vilhjálmsson's 98th-minute winner while København lost 2-1 at home to Žilina, squeezing through 4-3 on aggregate only after substitute Ramil Sheydaev missed a gilt-edged last-gasp chance for the visitors.
In contrast Salzburg and Ludogorets triumphed by three-goal margins to complete comfortable aggregate victories while Celtic beat Linfield 4-0 and Legia put six past Finland's Mariehamn. The tie of the night came in Hungary, where Honvéd rallied from 2-0 down to draw level against Hapoel Beer-Sheva, only for Anthony Nwakaeme's solo strike to give the Israeli champions a 5-3 aggregate success.
Tuesday games
Alashkert 1-3 BATE (agg: 2-4)
Astana 1-1 Spartaks Jūrmala (agg: 2-1)
Budućnost Podgorica 0-0 Partizan (agg: 0-2)
Samtredia 0-1 Qarabağ (agg: 0-6)
TNS 1-5 Rijeka (agg: 1-7)
Vardar 3-1 Malmö (agg: 4-2)
Víkingur 0-2 FH Hafnarfjördur (agg: 1-3)
Vardar pulled off the shock of the night by eliminating Malmö, group stage participants in 2015/16. Trailing to an early Markus Rosenberg penalty, the Macedonian team registered a memorable victory with the aid of three unanswered second-half goals.
BATE also came from behind to progress, Mikhail Gordeichuk on target twice before the break against Alashkert, while a double from substitute Mario Gavranović helped Rijeka to a thumping win at TNS. The remaining ten second qualifying round ties conclude on Wednesday.
Third qualifying round draw (matches 25/26 July & 1/2 August)
League route
FCSB (ROU) v Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
Nice (FRA) v Ajax (NED)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) v Young Boys (SUI)
AEK Athens (GRE) v CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Club Brugge (BEL) v İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR)
Champions route
Slavia Praha (CZE) v BATE Borisov (BLR)
Astana (KAZ) v Legia Warszawa (POL)
Maribor (SVN) v FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL)
København (DEN) v Vardar (MKD)
Celtic (SCO) v Rosenborg (NOR)
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) v Ludogorets (BUL)
Viitorul (ROU) v APOEL (CYP)
Salzburg (AUT) v Rijeka (CRO)
Qarabağ (AZE) v Sheriff (MDA)
Partizan (SRB) v Olympiacos (GRE)