An unlikely match in Prague, where Copenhagen drew 3-3 with Sparta after a 120′ fight and finally won 4-2 on penaltiessending the Czechs into the Europa League playoffs – where they will play their loser Dinamo Zagreb-AEK.
Larsson put the Danes in front after just 1 minute, with the home side struggling to equalize through Birmancevic in the 80th minute. The match went to extra time, where it happened… destruction!
Sparta took the lead twice, with Latsi (105′) and Olatunji (107′), Copenhagen found the same number of answers with Claesson (105+3′, 112′). Somehow we had… roulette, where Sparta had two failed attempts and the guests 4/4.
Thus, the Danes got the ticket to his next qualifying phase Champions Leaguewhere the Rakov.
The formidable team of -core- Stratou Svarna & Giannis Papanikolaou made 2/2 against Ari Limassol beating 1-0 with Tudor’s goal in the 49th minute and secured the ticket for the playoffs.
The not Claxwick she found her… master against Moldewhich prevailed 2-0 against the team from the Faroe Islands in extra time and continues in the playoffs, where it will play against Galatasarai (1-0 to Olympia Ljubljana with a goal by Icardi in the 24th minute).
In Switzerland, Napkin fought for one more breakthrough but remained at 1-1 (22′ Koutesa – 50′ Tavernier) with Rangers and at the same time out of continuity, while the Eindhoven prevailed 3-1 (32′ Fairman, 39′ De Jong, 85′ pen. Pepy – 26′ Beving) with a reversal of Sturm Graz and secured qualification with a total score… 7-2.
In the next round, “Jers” and Dutch will compete for a place in the groups.
Finally, the Maccabi Haifa will retaliate against Young Boys, as they prevailed 3-1 (29′ Piero, 45+2′ Sabia, 90+3′ David – 85′ Tolic) of Slovan Bratislava and went through with an impressive aggregate score of 5-2.
The results of the 3rd qualifying round (in parenthesis the total score)
Aris Limassol-Rakov 0-1 (1-2)
Maccabi H.-Slovan Br. 3-1 (5-2)
Sparta Pr.-Copenhagen 3-3, 2-4 pen. (4-4)
Molde-Klaksvik 2-0 par. (3-2)
Dinamo Z.-AEK 1-2
Galatasaray-Olympia L. 1-0 (4-0)
TSC- Braga 1-4 (1-7)
Servette-Rangers 1-1 (2-3)
Sturm Graz-Eindhofen 1-3 (2-7)
Marseille-Panathinaikos (22:00)
Source: Sport Fm
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