Comfortable qualification with scorer Papanikolaou for Rakov

He easily secured qualification to the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League Rakov, who prevailed 3-0 against Flora Tallinn away from home and passed with a total score of 4-0. Zvolinski scored two goals (47′, 59′), with Giannis Papanikolaou shaped the final result with an amazing goal in the 85th minute. Stratos Svarnas also played a key role for the Poles.

A great overturn in extra time was achieved by Sherif Tiraspol, who prevailed 3-0 against Farul Constantawith the regular time match ending 1-0.

And Urartu from Armenia went for the… miracle, defeating 3-2 (2-1 q.d.) Zrinsky away from home, but lost 4-3 on penalties.

In North Macedonia, Zalgiris Vilnius escaped with a huge upset, 2-1, in the end and took the ticket, while in Israel, Maccabi Haifa defeated Hamrun Spartans 2-1 and advanced with a total score… 6-1.

End, Hacken and BATE Borisov secured qualification by defeating The New Saints (2-0) and Partizani (2-0) respectively, while Breidblick made 2/2 against Shamrock Rovers, winning 2-1 at home.

The results (total score in parentheses)

Struga-Zalgiris Vilnius 1-2 (1-2)

Flora Talin-Rakov 0-3 (0-4)

Sherif Tiraspol-Farul Constanta 3-0 par. (3-1)

Maccabi Haifa-Hamrun Spartans 2-1 (6-1)

The New Saints-Hacken 0-2 (1-5)

Zrinsky-Urartou 2-3 par., 4-3 pen. (3-3)

BATE Borisov-Partizani 2-0 (3-1)

Brainblick-Shamrock Rovers 2-1 (3-1)

Wednesday’s program (19/07)

Valmiera-Olibia Ljubljana (1-2)

Ferencvaros-Klaksvik (0-0)

Qarabag-Lincoln (2-1)

Dynamo Tbilisi-Astana (1-1)

Ludogorets-Balkani (0-2)

Swift Esperanz-Slovan Bratislava (1-1)

Larne-Helsinki (0-1)