THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND SECOND LEGSLeague routeAjax 2-2 Nice (agg: 3-3, Nice win on away goals)CSKA Moskva 1-0 AEK (agg: 3-0)İstanbul Başakşehir 2-0 Club Brugge (agg: 5-3)Plzeň 1-4 FCSB (agg: 3-6)Young Boys 2-0 Dynamo Kyiv (agg: 3-3, YB win on away goals ) Champions routeAPOEL 4-0 Viitorul (agg: 4-1)BATE 2-1 Slavia Praha (agg: 2-2, Slavia win on away goals)FH 0-1 Maribor (agg: 0-2)København 4-1 Vardar (agg: 4-2)Legia Warszawa 1-0 Astana (agg: 2-3)Ludogorets 3-1 Hapoel Beer-Sheva (agg: 3-3, Beer-Sheva win on away goals )
Tag: Legia Warszawa
Legia feat perks Polish president
It has been a rather mixed return to the UEFA Champions League after 21 years for Legia Warszawa but it had a happy ending that received a presidential seal of approval. Having already conceded a record-equalling 24 goals prior to their final match, Legia delighted the home fans with a 1-0 defeat of Sporting CP on Wednesday which took them above their visitors into Group F third place, earning a UEFA Europa League round of 32 spot. "Polish president Andrzej Duda came to our dressing room after the game, which means we did something special," said forward Aleksandar Prijovic.The Swiss striker has been a key
Dortmund six-shooters wreck Legia’s comeback
Borussia Dortmund made an emphatic statement of intent in UEFA Champions League Group F by putting six unanswered goals past Legia Warszawa.The Polish champions are back on European club football's greatest stage for the first time since 1995/96 having negotiated three qualifying rounds. However, Besnik Hasi's side may not yet feel like they belong there, after conceding three goals inside 17 minutes on their comeback appearance. First Mario Götze nodded Ousmane Dembele's left-wing cross past Arkadiusz Malarz. Then, from one Raphaël Guerreiro free-kick, Sokratis Papastathopoulos headed the second; and follo... UEFA.com - News
McMillan the architect of Legia’s downfall?
Dundalk forward and part-time architect David McMillan is in dreamland: only Legia Warszawa stand between his team and the UEFA Champions League group stage.The 27-year-old's tally of five goals has helped Stephen Kenny's men go further in qualifying than any Irish club have previously managed in this competition. "Everything that has fallen to me I seem to have connected well with and it has hit the back of the net," said McMillan. "Things have gone through keepers' legs or hit the post and gone in; other weeks that doesn't happen."Now McMillan is hoping to ride his luck into the group stage. Dundalk have already eliminated Iceland's FH Hafnarfjördur and Belarusian champio... UEFA.com - News