FC Basel, CSKA Moskva, BATE Borisov, Celtic, Shakhtar Donetsk, Club Brugge, Malmö, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Skënderbeu, Astana and Partizan made the play-offs on a night of drama.
Club Brugge 3-0 Panathnaikos (agg: 4-2)
Club Brugge 3-0 Panathnaikos (agg: 4-2)
Club Brugge overturned a first-leg deficit in some style but that scenario seemed unlikely after a goalless first half despite two long-range efforts from Dion Cools.
In the 53rd minute Cools headed in a Tuur Dierckx cross and soon after Víctor Vázquez made it two with a well-placed free-kick. Although Nikos Karelis's header rattled the crossbar for the visitors, home substitute Obbi Oulare settled matters with eight minutes to go after being set up by Cools.
Sparta Praha
2-3 CSKA Moskva (agg: 4-5)
Sparta, who equalised
twice last week, seemed in control when they went two up inside 16 minutes
through the same scorers as the first leg, Ladislav Krejčí and Kehinde Fatai.
But Ahmed Musa pulled one back and six minutes into the
second half equalised after exploiting a misunderstanding at the back from
Sparta. David Lafata was brought on by the hosts and twice hit the woodwork,
yet Marek Matějovský was sent off for a foul on Mário Fernandes and with 14
minutes left Alan Dzagoev ensured Sparta's absence from the UEFA Champions
League proper since 2005/06 goes on.
Shakhtar
Donetsk 3-0 Fenerbahçe (agg: 3-0)
Although the away
team started in positive fashion, Shakhtar soon had control of the ball and
Olxandr Gladkiy broke the deadlock on 25 minutes.
There was no way
through for the Turkish side and Darijo Srna converted a penalty before Alex
Teixeira made certain, with Fenerbahçe losing Simon Kjær to a late red card.
Champions
route:
Astana 4-3
HJK Helsinki (agg: 4-3)
Astana are only the
second Kazakh club to reach the play-offs and ensure a campaign in either the
UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League group stage after a dramatic defeat
of HJK.
HJK struck on four
minutes when Ousman Jallow turned in Atomu Tanaka's fine pass and in the 42nd
the opening scorer teed up Gideon Baah to double the lead, only for Patrick
Twumasi to pull one back before half-time.
Just after the interval Roger Cañas levelled from the spot
and in the 56th minute Astana led the tie, Dmitri Shomko chipping the
out-of-position Daniel Örlund from the touchline. However, Twumasi was
dismissed for a foul on Erfan Zeneli, who with four minutes left put HJK in
front on away goals from the spot following Marin Aničić's handball.
Evgeni Postnikov won
it in added time for competition debutants Astana, turning in at the far post
after Baurzhan Dzholchiyev flicked on substitute Abzal Beysebekov's corner.
Qarabağ 0-0
Celtic (agg: 0-1)
Celtic survived a tough night in Baku and were grateful for
Craig Gordon's fine first-half save from Richard Almeida.
Stefan Johansen could
have settled matters early with seven minutes remaining, but missed the target.
BATE Borisov
1-0 Videoton (agg: 2-1)
BATE stay on course
for another run to the group stage after dominating against their Hungarian
opponents, who lost Kees Luijckx on the hour to a second yellow card.
As BATE pressed,
Maksim Zhavnerchik struck the woodowork from 20 metres out and finally with
eight minutes to go Nemanja Nikolić found the target.
FC Basel 1-0
Lech Poznań (agg: 4-1)
Basel all but booked
progress last week in Poland and in an even first half had the best chance when
Matías Delgado slipped as he shaped to shoot on 40 minutes and the ball went
wide.
Lech had the better
of the second-half efforts but in added time Basel got the only goal as Birkir
Bjarnason stole in unmarked to head home Davide Callà's cross.
Partizan 4-2
Steaua Bucureşti (agg: 5-3)
Steaua looked in good
shape at half-time as they led 2-1, Muniru Sulley and Jugurtha Hamroun having
overturned Stefan Babović early goal for the home side.
Yet Steaua had
Fernano Varela sent off early in the second half for a professional foul and
although Valeri Bozhinov then hit the post with a Partizan penalty, Marko
Jevtović's long-range effort and a goal from star man Andrija Živković fired
the Serbian champions ahead with ten minutes left and added-time substitute
Nikola Trujić swiftly sealed matters.
Malmö 3-0
Salzburg (3-2)
Salzburg have again
fallen short of the group stage after the home fans roared Malmö on to a
memorable victory, scoring twice within 14 minutes as Jo Inge Berget's pass was
converted by Nikola Djurdić and then Markus Rosenberg rose to nod in a corner from
Vladimir Rodić.
Late in the first
half Malmö led on aggregate when Berget was dispossessed but the ball fell to
Vladimir Rodić to tap into an almost empty net. The Swedes lost Enoch Kofi Adu
to a second yellow card with 26 minutes left but held on to stay on course for
a group return.
Viktoria
Plzeň 0-2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (agg: 2-3)
Viktoria's record run of 13 straight UEFA Champions League
qualifying wins was brought to an end as Maccabi turned the tie late on.
The Czech side had already gone close several times,
including Aidin Mahmutović hitting the crossbar early in the second half, when
David Limberský brought down Eran Zahavi in the box and the Maccabi captain
slotted in the 76th-minute penalty.
Seven minutes later
Zahavi netted again with a superb first-time connection from Yuval Shquingin's
cross. Plzeň so nearly forced extra time but substitute Jan Kopic's last-minute
header was well saved by Juan Pablo.
Skënderbeu
2-0 Milsami Orhei (agg: 4-0)
Skënderbeu are the first Albanian team to get to the
play-offs and will make their nation's debut in the group stage of either this
competition or the UEFA Europa League.
Already two up against the Moldovan conquerors of Ludogorets
Razgrad, the home club repeated that scoreline thanks to Hamdi Salihi, just
after Gheorghe Andronic's 14th-minute red card for the visitors, and Gerhard
Progni.
Salihi, who also scored both first-leg goals, is now
competition top scorer on five.
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