Longest game in Cyprus

BATE Borisov - Slavia Prague 2:1


Scorers: 1:0 05 Nikolay Signevich
              1:1 44 Milan Skoda
              2:1 46 (24 seconds) Igor Stasevich

APOEL Nicosia - Viitorul 1:0, 4:0 after extra time

Scorers: 1:0 53 Carlao Carlao
              2:0 92 Giorgios Merkis
              3:0 94 Igor de Camargo
              4:0 105 Georgios Efrem

CSKA Moscow - AEK 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 74 Bibras Natcho

Basaksehir - Club Brugge 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 07 Emmanuel Adebayor
              2:0 33 Edin Visca

Young Boys Bern - Dynamo Kyiv 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 12-pen Guillaume Hoarau
              2:0 89 Jordan Mvula Lotomba

Viktoria Plzen - Steaua 1:4

Scorers: 0:1 27 Mihai Alexandru Balasa
              1:1 64 Michael Krmencik
              1:2 71 Filipe Teixeira
              1:3 76 Florin Tanase
              1:4 79-pen Denis Alibec

Ludogorets Razgrad - Hapoel Beer Sheva 3:1

Scorers: 1:0 08 Wanderson
              2:0 32 Wanderson
              3:0 55 Marcelinho
              3:1 60 Mohammad Ghadir

FH Hafnarfjordur - Maribor 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 90+2 Marcos Tavares

Rosenborg - Celtic 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 69 James Forrest

Olympiacos - Partizan 2:2

Scorers: 1:0 22 Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez
              1:1 32 Seydouba Soumah
              2:1 51 Konstantinos Fortounis
              2:2 84 Uros Djurdjevic

Rijeka - Red Bull Salzburg 0:0

Legia - Astana 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 76 Jakub Czerwinski

Ajax - Nice 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 03 Arnaud Souquet
              1:1 25 Donny van de Beek
              2:1 56 Davinson Sanchez
              2:2 79 Vincent Marcel

Additional information: The following little, Champions league ball names we are going to see on Friday, for the fourth qualifying round draw: Qarabag (from yesterday), Slavia Prague, APOEL Nicosia, CSKA Moscow, Basaksehir, Young Boys Bern, Steaua, Hapoel Beer Sheva, Maribor, Celtic, Olympiacos, Rijeka, Astana and Nice.

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Both visiting teams marched on

Sion - Suduva 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 55 Moussa Konate
              1:1 80 Robertas Vezevicius

AEL Limassol - Austria Vienna 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 41-pen Raphael Holzhauser
              1:1 60 Aldair
              1:2 90 Felipe Pires

Additional information: The game in Cyprus was delayed 15 minutes in the first half due to spectator riots.

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Azerbaijan representative goes first in last qualifying stage

Sheriff Tiraspol - Qarabag 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 45+3 Dino Ndlovu
              0:2 86 Michel
              1:2 90+4-pen Ziguy Badibanga

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Reduced sentences

On 21 July UEFA gave a 50.000 euro fine plus one match behind close doors for Hajduk due to racist behavior from their supporters against Levski Sofia. That game was played 8 days earlier for the second qualifying round, first leg in the Europa league.
However, that decision was very 'harsh', so the organization today has corrected itself and reduced both penalties for the club from Split. Now they have to pay 15.000 less (35.000 euros) and close at least 500 seats or one sector on their stadium 'Poljud' for the next European game against Brondby this Thursday.

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Fierce battle for play-off phase

We have come to the penultimate qualifying stage where no slip-ups are allowed, so at the first 3 days of next month we will know all winners. Thus, these are the last 90 minutes (or maybe more) before the play off round, where pairs will be known at the end of next working week.

No one wants to play on the first day of the Champions league qualifiers, however only one match will break the dead lock. All other 14 games will be played 24 hours later.

Tuesday, 01 August at 19.00 CET: Sheriff - Qarabag.

Wednesday, 02 August at 19.00 CET: APOEL Nicosia - Viitorul.

Wednesday, 02 August at 19.00 CET: BATE Borisov - Slavia Prague.

Wednesday, 02 August at 19.00 CET: CSKA Moscow - AEK.

Wednesday, 02 August at 19.45 CET: Basaksehir - Club Brugge.

Wednesday, 02 August at 20.00 CET: FC Copenhagen - Vardar.

Wednesday, 02 August at 20.15 CET: Viktoria Plzen - Steaua *.

Wednesday, 02 August at 20.15 CET: Young Boys Bern - Dynamo Kyiv.

Wednesday, 02 August at 20.30 CET: FH Hafnarfjordur - Maribor.

Wednesday, 02 August at 20.30 CET: Ludogorets Razgrad - Hapoel Beer Sheva.

Wednesday, 02 August at 20.45 CET: Ajax - Nice.

Wednesday, 02 August at 20.45 CET: Legia - Astana.

Wednesday, 02 August at 20.45 CET: Olympiacos - Partizan

Wednesday, 02 August at 20.45 CET: Rijeka - Red Bull Salzburg.

Wednesday, 02 August at 20.45 CET: Rosenborg - Celtic.

* Because of the name issue this club nowadays is known as FCSB. In order to avoid any confusion of who exactly this team is, here it will be written as it had been known before with a famous name - Steaua.

In the Europa league things are quite different. As many first 90 minutes matches ended in one goal difference there is a possibility that many pairs will go into extra time. For the second leg, this competition will be played over two days.

Wednesday, 02 August at 18.00 CET: AEL Limassol - Austria Vienna.
Wednesday, 02 August at 18.00 CET: Sion - Suduva.

Thursday, 03 August at 17.00 CET: Dinamo Minsk -AEK Larnaca.
Thursday, 03 August at 17.00 CET: Skendija - Trakai.
Thursday, 03 August at 18.30 CET: Odds Ballklubb - Dinamo Zagreb.
Thursday, 03 August at 19.00 CET: Apollon Limassol - Aberdeen.
Thursday, 03 August at 19.00 CET: Gabala - PAO.
Thursday, 03 August at 19.00 CET: Olexandriya - Astra.
Thursday, 03 August at 19.00 CET: Sparta Prague - Crvena Zvezda.
Thursday, 03 August at 19.00 CET: Videoton - Bordeaux.
Thursday, 03 August at 19.00 CET: Zenit Saint Petersburg - Bnei Yehuda.
Thursday, 03 August at 19.30 CET: Fenerbahce - Sturm Graz.
Thursday, 03 August at 19.30 CET: Fola Esch - Ostersunds.
Thursday, 03 August at 19.45 CET: Lyngby - Krasnodar.
Thursday, 03 August at 20.00 CET: Maritimo - Botev Plovdiv.
Thursday, 03 August at 20.00 CET: PAOK - Olimpik Donetsk.
Thursday, 03 August at 20.00 CET: Skenderbeu - Mlada Boleslav.
Thursday, 03 August at 20.15 CET: Lech - Utrecht.
Thursday, 03 August at 20.30 CET: Altach - Gent.
Thursday, 03 August at 20.30 CET: Hajduk - Brondby.
Thursday, 03 August at 20.30 CET: Midtjylland - Arka.
Thursday, 03 August at 20.45 CET: Athletic Bilbao - Dinamo Bucharest.
Thursday, 03 August at 20.45 CET: Milan - Universitatea Craiova.
Thursday, 03 August at 20.45 CET: Oostende - Olympique Marseille.
Thursday, 03 August at 20.45 CET: Osijek - PSV Eindhoven.
Thursday, 03 August at 20.45 CET: Ruzomberok - Everton.
Thursday, 03 August at 21.00 CET: Panionios - Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Thursday, 03 August at 21.05 CET: Domzale - Freiburg.
Thursday, 03 August at 22.00 CET: Braga - AIK Solna.

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