Champions League 2015/6

Not much to set the pulse racing. Crusaders are well beaten. Celtic don't quite put the Icelanders away and Dundalk are still in the tie as are Lincoln Red Imps from Gibraltar.

FK Qarabag 0-0 Rudar Pljevlja

Malmö FF 0-0 Zalgiris

BATE Bor 2-1 Dundalk

Celtic 2-0 Stjarna (22 shots to 2 apparently)

Dinamo Zagreb 1-1 Fola Esch

FK Ventspils 1-3 HJK Helsinki

Apoel Nic 0-0 Vardar

FC Midtjylland 1-0 Lincoln Red Imps

Ludo Razgd 0-1 Milsami Orhei

Hibernians FC 2-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv

Molde 5-0 FC Pyunik

Skenderbeu Korce 4-1 Crusaders FC

The New Saints 0-1 Videoton

AS Trencín 0-2 Steaua Bucharest

NK Maribor 1-0 FC Astana

Partizan Belgrade 1-0 Dila Gori

FK Sarajevo 0-2 Lech Poznan

Griffiths missed a penalty to make it 3-0 Celtic as well, after a dispute with Johansen over who should take it. Deila wasn't impressed at the lack of professionalism but indicated that Johansen was the one in the wrong, as Griffiths has taken penalty kicks in the past.

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Originally Posted by OwlsFan

Not much to set the pulse racing.

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Unless you are from Malta! - Hibernians beating Tel Aviv was a massive shock. Also Fola Esch of Luxembourg getting a 1-1 draw away in Croatia.

A few other surprising results - APOEL failing to beat Macedonian opposition - big pressure on them now.
Also Ludogarets who nearly beat Liverpool in the champions league last season losing at home to Moldovan side Orhei

They didn't actually beat Liverpool, just embarrassed them a little bit.

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Originally Posted by Real ale Madrid

Unless you are from Malta! - Hibernians beating Tel Aviv was a massive shock. Also Fola Esch of Luxembourg getting a 1-1 draw away in Croatia.

A few other surprising results - APOEL failing to beat Macedonian opposition - big pressure on them now.
Also Ludogarets who beat Liverpool in the champions league last season losing at home to Moldovan side Orhei

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Incorrect they didn't beat Liverpool!

Calm down, calm down!

Very tasty looking tie down the bottom given Fenerbahce's recent business. Shakhtar might still have a bit too much though.

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Allowing myself to delve into fantasy land here, if Dundalk overcame Borisov, and see off Videoton (not that it's unrealistic, but improbable given Irish football history) do they face one of the other winners listed above? Would there be seeding in the Play-off or is it an open draw?

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Originally Posted by Kingdom

Allowing myself to delve into fantasy land here, if Dundalk overcame Borisov, and see off Videoton (not that it's unrealistic, but improbable given Irish football history) do they face one of the other winners listed above? Would there be seeding in the Play-off or is it an open draw?

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They would be unseeded in the play-off round against teams that won their league.

And would be in the Europa League group stages at worst.

Lincoln Red Imps crash out. If Crusaders had managed to keep a clean sheet, they would have gone through. The New Saints, like Dundalk, almost make it. Win for AS Trencín in Bucharest not enough to see them through.

FC Astana 3-1 NK Maribor
(agg 3-2)

Fola Esch 0-3 Dinamo Zagreb
(agg 1-4)

Steaua Bucharest 2-3 AS Trencín
(agg 4-3)

Videoton 1-1 The New Saints
(agg 2-1)

Dundalk 0-0 BATE Bor
(agg 1-2)

Lech Poznan 1-0 FK Sarajevo
(agg 3-0)

Rudar Pljevlja 0-1 FK Qarabag
(agg 0-1)

Stjarnan 1-4 Celtic
(agg 1-6)

Dila Gori 0-2 Partizan Belgrade
(agg 0-3)

FC Pyunik 1-0 Molde
(agg 1-5)

Milsami Orhei 2-1 Ludo Razgd
(agg 3-1)

HJK Helsinki 1-0 FK Ventspils
(agg 4-1)

Maccabi Tel Aviv 5-1 Hibernians FC
(agg 6-3)

Lincoln Red Imps 0-2 FC Midtjylland
(agg 0-3)

Vardar 1-1 Apoel Nic
(agg 1-1)
Apoel Nicosia win the tie

Zalgiris 0-1 Malmö FF
(agg 0-1)

Crusaders FC 3-2 Skenderbeu Korce
(agg 4-6)

To think one of Milsemi (MLD) or Skenderbeu (ALB) will be in the Europa League Group Stages.....

Dundalk's conquerors secure a draw away to the Hungarians. Squeaky bum time for Celtic in their away leg after a narrow win at home. Basel as ever get a good result.

HJK Helsinki 0-0 FC Astana

FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-0 Malmö FF

Steaua Bucharest 1-1 Partizan Belgrade

Celtic 1-0 FK Qarabag

Lech Poznan 1-3 FC Basel

SK Rapid Vienna 2-2 Ajax


Cw CSKA 2-2 Sparta Prague

FC Midtjylland 1-2 Apoel Nic

Milsami Orhei 0-2 Skenderbeu Korce

Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-2 Viktoria Plzen

Fenerbahçe 0-0 Shakt Donsk

Panathinaikos 2-1 Club Brugge

BSC Young Boys 1-3 Monaco

Videoton 1-1 BATE Bor

Dinamo Zagreb 1-1 Molde

Dundalk's conquerors go through. Great come back by Maccabi and good win for Rapid Vienna. Cream coming to the top.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - QUALIFYING - THIRD ROUND

FC Astana 4-3 HJK Helsinki (agg 4-3)

FK Qarabag 0-0 Celtic (agg 0-1)

Sparta Prague 2-3 CSKA (agg 4-5)

BATE Bor 1-0 Videoton (agg 2-1)

FC Basel 1-0 Lech Poznan (agg 4-1)

Club Brugge 3-0 Panathinaikos (agg 4-2)

Malmö FF 3-0 FC Red Bull Salzburg (agg 3-2)

Partizan Belgrade 4-2 Steaua Bucharest (agg 5-3)

Shakt Donsk 3-0 Fenerbahçe (agg 3-0)

Skenderbeu Korce 2-0 Milsami Orhei (agg 4-0)

Viktoria Plzen 0-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv (agg 2-3)

Apoel Nic 0-1 FC Midtjylland (agg 2-2) Apoel Nicosia win the tie

Molde 3-3 Dinamo Zagreb (agg 4-4) Dinamo Zagreb win the tie

Ajax 2-3 SK Rapid Vienna (agg 4-5)

Monaco 4-0 BSC Young Boys (agg 7-1)

Draw starting shortly

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Astana(KAZ) v APOEL(CYP)

Skënderbeu(ALB) v Dinamo Zagreb(CRO)

Celtic(SCO) v Malmö(SWE)

Basel(SUI) v M. Tel-Aviv(ISR)

BATE(BLR) v Partizan(SRB)

Lazio(ITA) v Leverkusen(GER)

Man. United(ENG) v Club Brugge(BEL)

Sporting CP(POR) v CSKA Moskva(RUS)

Rapid Wien(AUT) v Shakhtar Donetsk(UKR)

Valencia(ESP) v Monaco(FRA)

Anytime I hear of Bruges, I think of Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson there.
That's an okay draw for Celtic, probably good to avoid Partizan Belgrade.

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Anytime I hear of Bruges, I think of Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson there.
That's an okay draw for Celtic, probably good to avoid Partizan Belgrade.

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Are you saying that Celtic can't do what Rovers did ? ;)

It must be of some consolation Owls, that seeing as you haven't got much of a present, you can always delve into the past and find a few morsels of comfort:)

How much of an idiot is Leigh Griffiths?