Third qualifying round second leg matches in the Champions League have concluded
The second leg matches of the third qualifying round in the UEFA Champions League have been completed.
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The third qualifying round second leg matches in the UEFA Champions League, the premier club-level organization in European football, have ended. A total of 10 matches were played during this round.
Fenerbahçe, having won the first leg 2-0 at home, visited the Austrian representative Sturm Graz for the return match. The yellow-navy team won the match 1-0 and advanced to the play-off round.
French representative Olympique Lyonnais, who lost 2-1 away in the first leg, defeated Sparta Prague 3-0 in the return match to advance. With this result, Fenerbahçe and Olympique Lyonnais were paired in the Champions League play-off round.
Dinamo Zagreb, who defeated Kauno Zalgiris 5-0 in the first leg, also won the return match 2-1 to advance. This result also closely concerned Beşiktaş. If the black-and-white team eliminates Hradec Kralove in the UEFA Europa League, their opponent in the play-off round will be Kauno Zalgiris.
In the third qualifying round, Levski Sofia, Bodo/Glimt, Sabah, NEC Nijmegen, Hapoel Beer-Sheva, Slovan Bratislava, and Celje were the other teams to advance.
The first leg matches of the Champions League play-off round will be played on August 18-19, and the return matches will be held on August 25-26.
The results of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round are as follows:
Sturm Graz - Fenerbahçe: 0-1 (0-2)
Kairat - Levski Sofia: 0-1 (0-1)
Bodo/Glimt - Union Saint-Gilloise: 3-2 (3-3)
Sabah - Aarhus: 4-0 (1-2)
Kauno Zalgiris - Dinamo Zagreb: 1-2 (0-5)
NEC Nijmegen - Olympiacos: 2-1 (0-0)
Red Star - Hapoel Beer-Sheva: 0-2 (0-1)
Celje - Ararat-Armenia: 2-0 (1-2)
Slovan Bratislava - Mjallby: 2-0 (2-1)
Olympique Lyonnais - Sparta Prague: 3-0 (1-2)