Away wins for CSKA and Olympiacos, Vardar surprise again

Away wins for CSKA and Olympiacos, Vardar surprise again

Third qualifying round first legs (click for details)Tuesday's games League routeAEK Athens 0-2 CSKA MoskvaFCSB 2-2 Viktoria PlzeňChampions routeQarabağ 0-0 SheriffSlavia Praha 1-0 BATE BorisovVardar 1-0 KøbenhavnPartizan 1-3 OlympiacosVanquishers 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.

APOEL v København background

APOEL v København background

København are in prime position to settle an old score with APOEL as the teams reconvene for the return leg of their UEFA Champions League play-off.Previous meetings• Ivan Jovanović's APOEL eliminated Ståle Solbakken's FCK in the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League play-offs. Zdeněk Pospěch scored the only goal as FCK won in Copenhagen, but Kamil Kosowski (2) and Chrysostomos Michail (18pen 41) struck in a 3-1 home victory for APOEL in the second leg.• However, FCK have the edge going into the final instalment of this tie after a 1-0 first-leg victory on 16 August. Andrija Pavlović rounded Boy Waterman two minutes before half-time, giving København... UEFA.com - News