Results: Champions Path Celtic 3 CFR-Cluj Napoca 4 (Cluj win 5-4 on aggregate) Qarabag 0 APOEL Nicosia 2 (APOEL win 3-2 on aggregate) Ajax Amsterdam 3 PAOK Salonika 2 (Ajax win 5-4 on aggregate) Ferencvaros 0 Dinamo Zagreb 4 (Dinamo Zagreb win 5-1 on aggregate) FC Copenhagen 1 Red Star Belgrade 1 (2-2 on aggregate, Red Star Belgrade win 7-6 on penalties) Rosenborg 3 Maribor 1 (Rosenborg win 6-2 on aggregate) League Path Olympiacos 2 Istanbul Basaksehir 0 (Olmypiacos win 3-0 on aggregate) FC Porto 2 Krasnodar 3 (3-3 on aggregate, Krasnodar win on away goals rule) Dynamo Kiev 3 Club Brugge 3 (Club Brugge win 4-3 on aggregate) LASK Linz 3 FC Basel 1 (LASK Linz win 5-2 on aggregate) Round-up: In the second leg of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, one of the biggest shocks of the round without a doubt came in the League Path, as FC Porto were eliminated from the Champions League by Russian side Krasnodar on away goals rule, as the Russian side won 3-2 at the Estadio do Dragao. In addition, from the League Path, one may argue that Swiss side FC Basel will be disappointed to have lost to Austrian runners-up LASK Linz, with the Austrian side winning 3-1 on home turf to seal a place in the Champions League play-off round. Greek side Olympiacos comfortably beat Turkish side Istanbul Basaksehir 2-0 on the night to ease to the play-off round after a 3-0 aggregate victory, whilst Belgian side Club Brugge held Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kiev to a 3-3 draw which meant that they advanced to the play-off round thanks to a 4-3 aggregate win. As for the Champions Path, probably the biggest shock of the night came in Glasgow, as Scottish champions Celtic were eliminated by Romanian side CFR-Cluj Napoca, as they conceded 4 goals at home which led to a 5-4 defeat on aggregate. There were no such disappointments, however, for last season's Champions League semi-finalists Ajax, who had to come from behind to beat Greek side PAOK Salonika thanks to two penalties from Dusan Tadic and a goal from Argentine Nicolas Tagliafico to win 3-2 on the night, and 5-4 on aggregate. In the only match which was not settled after 90 minutes, FK Crevna Zvezda (Red Star Belgrade) edged past Danish champions FC Copenhagen via a 7-6 penalty shoot-out win after the two sides finished 2-2 on aggregate after extra time. Cypriot champions APOEL Nicosia came back from a first leg defeat to beat Azerbaijani side Qarabag 2-0 on the night and 2-1 on aggregate, whilst Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb comfortably beat Hungarian side Ferencvaros 4-0 on the Hungarians' home soil. Finally, Norwegian side Rosenborg repeated their first leg 3-1 win over Slovenian side Maribor to advance 6-2 on aggregate. Notes: - All teams that won advance to the play-off round. - Those teams from the Champions Path that lost, advance to the Europa League play-off round. - Those teams from the League Path that lost, advance to the Europa League group stages. Play-off round fixtures: Champions Path 1st legs 20th August, 2nd legs 28th August CFR-Cluj Napoca v Slavia Prague APOEL Nicosia v Ajax Amsterdam
1st legs 21st August, 2nd legs 27th August
Dinamo Zagreb v Rosenborg
Young Boys v Red Star Belgrade
League Path
1st leg 20th August, 2nd leg 28th August
LASK Linz v Club Brugge
1st leg 21st August, 2nd leg 27th August
Olympiacos v Krasnodar
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