Celtic equal record as Sevilla, Napoli tighten on organisation stage
There were wins for Celtic, Napoli, Sevilla, Olympicacos and intensity UEFA Champions League organisation debutants Hapoel Beer-Sheva in Wednesday’s play-off initial legs.
The second legs are subsequent Tuesday while a following night CSKA Moskva, APOEL and Liverpool will all urge leads as do QarabaÄŸ, who are anticipating to turn Azerbaijan’s initial UEFA Champions League organisation representatives.
Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League play-off initial legs
Celtic 5-0 Astana
Hapoel Beer-Sheva 2-1 Maribor
Ä°stanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir 1-2 Sevilla
Napoli 2-0 Nice
Olympiacos 2-1 Rijeka
(second legs Tuesday 22 August)
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- Celtic’s win is a biggest-ever domain of home feat in a UEFA Champions League play-off and equals a altogether record for a turn (FCSB 0-5 Manchester City and Young Boys 1-6 Borussia Mönchengladbach, both final season).
Tuesday’s initial legs
APOEL 2-0 Slavia Praha
Hoffenheim 1-2 Liverpool
Qarabağ 1-0 København
Sporting CP 0-0 FCSB
Young Boys 0-1 CSKA Moskva
(second legs Wednesday 23 August)
What comes next?
The winners of any tie will go into a pull for a UEFA Champions League organisation stage, that takes place in Monaco during 18:00CET on Thursday 24 August.
Teams already in a organisation stage
Pot 1
Real Madrid (ESP, holders)
Bayern München (GER)
Juventus (ITA)
Benfica (POR)
Chelsea (ENG)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Monaco (FRA)
Spartak Moskva (RUS)
Other pots (to be assimilated by play-off winners)
Barcelona (ESP)
Atlético Madrid (ESP)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Manchester City (ENG)
Porto (POR)
Manchester United (ENG)
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Basel (SUI)
Anderlecht (BEL)
Roma (ITA)
BeÅŸiktaÅŸ (TUR)
Feyenoord (NED)
RB Leipzig (GER)
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