2011/2012 UEFA Champions League

[Starvinho]

First legs of the second qualifying round where played last night and tonight;

Mogren Budve      1 - 2    Litex Lovech

NK Maribor        2 - 0	   F91 Dudelange

Pyunik            0 - 4	   Plzen

Shamrock R        1 - 0	   FC Flora Tallinn

Slovan Bratislava 2 - 0	   FC Tobol Kostanay

Valletta          2 - 3	   Ekranas Panevezys


Zestafoni	  3 - 0    Dacia Chisinau

Maccabi Haifa	  5 - 1    Borac Banjaluka

Malmo FF	  2 - 0	   HB Tórshavn

Bangor City	  0 - 3	   HJK Helsinki

Dinamo Zagreb	  3 - 0	   FK Nechi

Skenderbeu	  0 - 2	   APOEL Nicosia

FC Skonto Riga	  0 - 1	   Wisla Krakow

Sturm Graz	  2 - 0	   Videoton FC

Linfield	  1 - 1	   BATE Borisov

Part Belgrade	  4 - 0	   Shkendija 79

Rosenborg	  5 - 0	   Breidablik

Disappointing result for Bangor but excellent result's for Linfield and Shamrock. The second legs are played next week then there is a third qualifying round where the likes of Rangers, Copenhagen and Benfica amongst others will enter. Then there is a playoff round where the likes of Arsenal, Lyon, Bayern and Villarreal will enter.

[Starvinho]

Draw for the third qualifying round of the 2011-12 Champions League, made on Friday (first legs to be played on July 26/27; second legs on August 2/3):

Standard Liege (BEL) v FC Zurich (SUI)

FC Twente (NED) v Vaslui (ROM)

Benfica (POR) v Trabzonspor (TUR)

Dynamo Kiev (UKR) v Rubin Kazan (RUS)

OB Odense (DEN) v Panathinaikos (GRE)

Mogren (MNR)/Litex Lovech (BUL) v Skonto Riga (LAT)/Wisla Krakow (POL)

Maccabi Haifa (ISR)/Borac Banja Luka (BIH) v Maribor (SLO)/Dudelange (LUX)

HJK Helsinki (FIN)/Bangor City (WAL) v Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)/Neftci (AZE)

Skenderbreu (ALB)/Apoel Nicosia (CYP) v Slovan Bratislava (SVK)/Tobol (AZE)

FC Copenhagen (DEN) v Shamrock Rovers (IRL)/Flora Talinn (EST)

Genk (BEL) v Partizan Belgrade (SRB)/Skendija (MKD)

Rosenborg (NOR)/Breidablik (ISL) v Pyunik Erevan (ARM)/Plzen (CZE)

Zestafoni (GEO)/Dacia Chisinau (MDA) v Sturm Graz (AUT)/Videoton (HUN)

Valletta (MLT)/Ekranas (LTU) v Linfield (NIR)/BATE Borisov (BLR)

Rangers (SCO) v Malmo (SWE)/HB Torshavn (FRO)

[Starvinho]

Bangor are being absolutely demolished at the moment away to HJK Helsinki, they are 9-0 down after 80 minutes.

[Lineker]

They'll be back next year, you watch!

[Starvinho]

TNS will win the league this season, Rhyl was always my favourite though until their license was revoked!

It's 10-0 now by the way, 13-0 on agg.

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Bangor are being absolutely demolished at the moment away to HJK Helsinki, they are 9-0 down after 80 minutes.

Gutted.

I realized earlier that these games were on today and stumbled across Bangor at 26-1 so thought I'd stick a quid on just in hope of a possible upset. They almost pulled it off

[Starvinho]

BATE Borisov 2-0 Linfield (agg 3-1)

FC Flora Tallinn 0-0 Shamrock Rovers (agg 0-1)

FC Tobol Kostanay 1-1 Slovan Bratislava (agg 1-3)

HJK Helsinki 10-0 Bangor City (agg 13-0)

Just a few results, good news is Shamrock are through to the third qualifying round and will play FC Copenhagen, a massive tie for them.

[GoGo Yubari]

HJK Helsinki 10-0 Bangor City (agg 13-0)

Ouch.

[hugobomb]

HJK Helsinki 10-0 Bangor City (agg 13-0)

Ouch.

They're Welsh, this sort of thing happens a lot to them in Europe. Comes with the territory when your three best teams play in England (yes, I'm claiming Wrexham could make a better fist of things in Europe than Bangor. Even the current Wrexham team.) Hell Newport County could have a better go at it than most of the WPL, they had a hell of a run in the CWC in 1980.

This post could have just stopped at 'They're Welsh' and you'd still get the point

[Starvinho]

Confirmed draw for the third qualifying round;

Champions Route

PFC Litex Lovech (BUL) v Wisła Kraków (POL)

Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) v NK Maribor (SVN)

HJK Helsinki (FIN) v NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)

APOEL FC (CYP) v ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)

FC København (DEN)* v Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL)

KRC Genk (BEL) v FK Partizan (SRB)

Rosenborg BK (NOR) v FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)

FC Zestafoni (GEO) v SK Sturm Graz (AUT)

FK Ekranas (LTU) v FC BATE Borisov (BLR)

Rangers FC (SCO)* v Malmö FF (SWE)

League Route

R. Standard de Liège (BEL) v FC Zürich (SUI)

FC Twente (NED)* v FC Vaslui (ROU)

SL Benfica (POR)* v Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR)

FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) v FC Rubin Kazan (RUS)*

Odense BK (DEN) v Panathinaikos FC (GRE)*

*Played in 2010/11 group stage

[Cadj]

Rangers

[Fry_4000]

Oh dear Rangers :lmao:

[Starvinho]

Uefa Champions League Qualifying

Apoel Nicosia 0-0 Slovan Bratislava

Dynamo Kiev 0-2 Rubin Kazan

Ekranas Panevezys 0-0 BATE Borisov

FC Twente 2-0 FC Vaslui

FC Zestafoni 1-1 SK Sturm Graz

Genk 2-1 Partizan Belgrade

Litex Lovech 1-2 Wisla Krakow

Rangers 0-1 Malmo

Big up-hill battle for Rangers now if they stand any chance of getting through.

[brenchill]

Shocking start to McCoist's managerial tenure. I hope he turns it around, though.

[Lineker]

Why are the media saying that its a shock that Rangers lost? They've been shit in Europe for yonks, bar their run to the UEFA Cup final a few years ago.

[TheGreatJ]

Chelsea will win this shiznit this year.

[Starvinho]

Uefa Champions League Qualifying

Benfica 2-0 Trabzonspor

FC Copenhagen 1-0 Shamrock Rovers

HJK Helsinki 1-2 Dinamo Zagreb

Maccabi Haifa 2-1 NK Maribor

Odense BK 1-1 Panathinaikos

Rosenborg 0-1 Plzen

Standard Liege 1-1 FC Zurich

Very commendable result for Shamrock, I'd love it if they somehow turn the tie around and eventually got in the group stage!

[Starvinho]

Uefa Champions League Qualifying

BATE Borisov 3-1 Ekranas Panevezys (agg 3-1)

Panathinaikos 3-4 Odense BK (agg 4-5)

Shamrock Rovers 0-2 FC Copenhagen (agg 0-3)

Unlucky Shamrock

Wednesday's fixtures;

Uefa Champions League Qualifying

Rubin Kazan v Dynamo Kiev, (agg 2-0), R3, L2, 17:00

Malmo v Rangers, (agg 1-0), R3, L2, 18:00

FC Vaslui v FC Twente, (agg 0-2), R3, L2, 18:45

FC Zurich v Standard Liege, (agg 1-1), R3, L2, 19:15

Plzen v Rosenborg, (agg 1-0), R3, L2, 19:15

Slovan Bratislava v Apoel Nicosia, (agg 0-0), R3, L2, 19:15

SK Sturm Graz v FC Zestafoni, (agg 1-1), R3, L2, 19:30

Wisla Krakow v Litex Lovech, (agg 2-1), R3, L2, 19:30

Dinamo Zagreb v HJK Helsinki, (agg 2-1), R3, L2, 19:45

NK Maribor v Maccabi Haifa, (agg 1-2), R3, L2, 19:45

Partizan Belgrade v Genk, (agg 1-2), R3, L2, 19:45

Trabzonspor v Benfica, (agg 0-2), R3, L2, 19:45

[Lineker]

You can listen to commentary of the Rangers defeat match on BBC Radio Scotland (Sky channel 0116).

[Lineker]

Whittaker sent off but Jelavic makes it 1-0 anyway.