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CSKA Moscow are through to the champion league draw after turning an nearly impossible situation into a famous win for the club. Before Nemanja Maksimovic answered for Astana on the tie levelled. However, the game was pretty balanced after that, and Maksimović eventually scored an all important equalizer to see the Kazakh side through.
Russia’s CSKA Moscow faces disciplinary charges after a flare was thrown onto the pitch during a Champions League game against Sporting Lisbon, UEFA said Thursday.
Igor Stasevich put BATE ahead after 25 minutes after the ball bounced into his path, only for Partizan to level after 74 minutes via an own goal from BATE’s Maksim Zhavnerchik. However, they only managed a 93rd minute victor which wasn’t enough to knock out BATE who maintain their ideal playoff record. Bayer put in a good performance already in Rome, and they just built on that momentum with Lazio struggling for possession.
“That’s related to similar cases of discrimination and racist incidents, so if you apply the letter of the law, the most serious sanctions shouldn’t follow from this”, Babaev said.
But the Italians were trailing following goals from Hakan Calhanoglu (40) and Admir Mehmedi (48) and faced an uphill battle as they played the last 20 minutes with ten men when Brazilian Maurício was sent off for a second yellow card. Bellarabi’s strike in the 88th only cemented Leverkusen’s win.
A hat-trick from Wayne Rooney saw England’s Manchester United cruise into the group stages of the continental competition after beating Belgium’s Club Brugge 4-0 in their second leg qualifier at the Jan Breydel Stadion. The score could’ve been worse for the hosts, but Javier Hernandez missed a penalty. The result saw them run out 7-1 aggregate winners.