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Today, decisive second-leg matches were played in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, after which the 22 participants of the main tournament were revealed.
In the group stages, 16 teams had already secured their spots: "Ajax" (Netherlands), "Arsenal", "Chelsea" (England), "Barcelona", "Valencia" (Spain), "Bayern", "Werder" (Germany), "Celtic" (Scotland), "Fenerbahce" (Turkey), "Lyon", "PSG" (France), "Milan", "Roma" (Italy), "Olympiacos", "Panathinaikos" (Greece), "Porto" (Portugal).
Now they have been joined by "Anderlecht" (Belgium), "Monaco" (France), "Deportivo" (Spain), "Inter" (Italy), "Liverpool" (England), and "Rosenborg" (Norway).
The remaining 10 participants of the group stage will be determined after ten matches tomorrow.
By the way, this year "Tango TV" promises to broadcast matches on both Tuesday and Wednesday, with a replay available on Wednesday evening on the TV3 channel. The first live broadcast of the UEFA Champions League - the group stage draw - will be seen by "Tango TV" viewers this Thursday, August 26 at 17:00, according to a TV3 press release.
Results of Tuesday's matches:
3 - 0
(First leg 0 - 1, aggregate 3 - 1)
34', 60' Aruna Dindane
73' Nenad Jestrovic (pen.)
72' Argel sent off ("Benfica")
6 - 0 "Gorica"
(3 - 0, 9 - 0)
18' Javier Chevanton
32' Lucas Bernardi
42' Hassan El Fakiri
48' Mohammed Kallon
66' Pontus Farnerud
85' Manuel Adebayor (pen.)
41' Marko Suler sent off ("Gorica")
4 - 1
(1 - 1, 5 - 2)
1', 53' Adriano [1 - 0, 3 - 1]
13' Dejan Stankovic [2 - 0]
49' Mile Sterjovski [2 - 1]
60' Alvaro Recoba [3 - 1]
3 - 0 "Shelbourne"
(0 - 0, 3 - 0)
59', 66' Sanchez Victor
89' Walter Pandiani
0 - 1 "GAK"
(2 - 0, 2 - 1)
55' Mario Tokic
2 - 3 after extra time
(1 - 2, 3 - 5)
31' Walid Badier [1 - 0]
37' Gustavo Boccoli [2 - 0]
90' Harald Brattbakk [2 - 1]
94' Daniel Braathen [2 - 2]
115' Orjan Berg [2 - 3]
25' Najwan Ghrayib sent off ("Maccabi")
Wednesday's matches:
"Maccabi Tel-Aviv" - "PAOK" (3 - 0)
"Djurgarden" - "Juventus" (2 - 2)
"Rangers" - "CSKA Moskva" (1 - 2)
"Trabzonspor" - "Dynamo Kyiv" (2 - 1)
"Real" - "Wisla" (2 - 0)
"Banik" - "Bayer" (0 - 5)
"Sparta" - "Ferencvaros" (0 - 1)
"PSV" - "Crvena Zvezda" (2 - 3)
"Man Utd" - "Dinamo Bucuresti" (2 - 1)
"Brugge" - "Shakhtar" (1 - 4)
