Celtic and Nice hold during home, six-goal thriller in Belgium

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Wednesday’s games

League route
Dynamo Kyiv 3-1 Young Boys
Nice 1-1 Ajax
Club Brugge 3-3 Ä°stanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir

Champions route
Astana 3-1 Legia Warszawa
Salzburg 1-1 Rijeka
Hapoel Beer-Sheva 2-0 Ludogorets
Viitorul 1-0 APOEL
Maribor 1-0 FH Hafnarfjördur
Celtic 0-0 Rosenborg

The diversion of a night came in Belgium, where early goals from Emmanuel Bonaventure and Stefano Denswil put Club Brugge 2-0 adult during home to Ä°stanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir. However, 3 goals in 16 second-half mins from Mossoró (2) and Eljero Elia incited a compare on a conduct – but usually as a visitors were starting to dream of their initial European feat during a seventh attempt, Denswil’s low free-kick ensured a pulsating confront finished all square.

There was zero between Celtic and Rosenborg in Glasgow©Getty Images

Astana and Dynamo both warranted 3-1 first-leg home wins, a former removing a improved of 2016/17 group-stage participants Legia in Kazakhstan while captain Andriy Yarmolenko granted a idea and an support as Switzerland’s Young Boys were beaten in Ukraine. Hapoel Beer-Sheva also prevailed by a two-goal margin, overcoming Bulgaria’s Ludogorets 2-0 interjection to Anthony Nwakaeme and Michael Ohana.

Maribor were 1-0 winners during home to Iceland’s FH, that was also a scoreline as Viitorul of Romania edged out APOEL to explain their initial ever European victory. Celtic and Rosenborg common a goalless pull – Yann-Erik De Lanlay and Nicklas Bendtner flitting adult good chances for a visitors – while Salzburg were hold 1-1 during home by Rijeka. It was also 1-1 during a Stade de Nice, where Mario Balotelli’s opener was cancelled out by a bombardment from Ajax’s Donny outpost de Beek.

Tuesday’s games

CSKA are looking good for a place in a play-offs©AFP

League route
AEK Athens 0-2 CSKA Moskva
FCSB 2-2 Viktoria Plzeň

Champions route
QarabaÄŸ 0-0 Sheriff
Slavia Praha 1-0 BATE Borisov
Vardar 1-0 København
Partizan 1-3 Olympiacos

Vanquishers of Malmö in a prior round, Vardar are on a verge of another Nordic scalp after a 1-0 home win opposite København. Jonathan Balotelli’s bombardment warranted a Macedonian side feat over FCK, organisation theatre contenders final season.

Milan Škoda celebrates after putting Slavia into a lead©Vlastimil Vacek

Meanwhile both CSKA Moskva goals, headers by Alan Dzagoev and Pontus Wernbloom, in their 2-0 delight during AEK Athens came from corners delivered by Vitinho. Another Greek group Olympiacos prevailed in Belgrade opposite Partizan, interjection mostly to El Fardou Ben Nabouhane’s double.

Elsewhere FCSB rallied from 1-0 and 2-1 down to pull with visitors Viktoria Plzeň, and BATE Borisov singular Slavia Praha to usually one idea notwithstanding personification for 70 mins with 10 group after a exclusion of centre-back Evgeni Yablonski for bringing down Michal Frydrych in a area. 

Second legs: 1 and 2 August
Play-off draw: 4 August

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