Third qualifying round first legs (click for details)
Tuesday’s games
League route
AEK Athens 0-2 CSKA Moskva
FCSB 2-2 Viktoria Plzeň
Champions route
Qarabağ 0-0 Sheriff
Slavia Praha 1-0 BATE Borisov
Vardar 1-0 København
Partizan 1-3 Olympiacos
Vanquishers of Malmö in the previous round, Vardar are on the verge of another Nordic scalp after a 1-0 home win against København. Jonathan Balotelli’s volley earned the Macedonian side victory over FCK, group stage contenders last season.