The first leg of the playoffs for the Champions Leaguewith Young Boys beat Galatasaray 3-2 in a match and get a qualification lead for the league phase.
The Swiss went 2-0 up thanks to two goals from Monteiro in the 3rd and 45th+4th minute, with Batshuayi coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute and reducing seconds later before leveling the match in the 72nd ‘.
Despite all that, Ugrinic’s penalty in the 86th minute gave the home side victory, with Bardaksi being sent off at the same stage.
In Sweden, Sparta Prague beat Malmö 2-0 and is with a leg and a half in the league phase of the top inter-club competition.
Striger Larsen’s own goal in the 30th minute gave the Czechs the lead, with Rines shaping the final result in the 88th minute of the match.
With the same score also prevailed Salzburg her Dynamo Kyivin a match held in Poland.
Nene opened the scoring for the Austrians in the 29th minute, with Kiergaard’s penalty in the 49th minute sealing victory for the visitors.
Finally, her accounts were left wide open Midland with the Slovan Bratislavaafter the between them 1-1 in Denmark.
It was the Slovaks who took the lead through Blackman in the 59th minute, but Tsilufia equalized in the 79th minute, with the score unchanged in the remaining minutes.
The schedule of the first games of the playoffs:
Tuesday (20/08)
Lille-Slavia Prague 2-0
(52′ David, 77′ Zergova)
Bodo/Glimt – Red Star 2-1
(52′ Bjortuft, 62′ Maata – 75′ Mimovic)
Dinamo Zagreb-Karabakh 3-0
(29′ Piazza, 75′, 80′ Kulenovic)
Wednesday (21/08)
Young Boys-Galatasaray 3-2
(3′, 45+4′ Monteiro, 86′ Ugrinic – 66′, 72′ Batshuayi)
Dynamo Kyiv-Salzburg 0-2
(29′ Nene, 49′ pen. Kiergaard)
Malmo-Sparta Prague 0-2
(30′ auto. Strieger Larsen, 88′ Rines)
Midland-Slovan Bratislava 1-1
(79′ Tsiloufia – 59′ Blackman)
Source: Sport Fm
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