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On Wednesday, decisive second leg matches were played in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, after which all participants of the most prestigious European football tournament were revealed.
Deividas Šemberas' "CSKA" club unexpectedly eliminated Glasgow "Rangers", and will now be able to compete among the strongest teams of the Old Continent, while former "Kaunas" rival "Djurgardens" had to acknowledge Turin's "Juventus" dominance at home.
In other matches, there were no major surprises, as all favorite clubs managed to overcome their opponents. However, one new face in the league will be Tel Aviv's "Maccabi" club, as for the first time in its history it has succeeded in reaching the group stage.
All 32 teams participating in the 2004/2005 season Champions League group stage are: "Ajax", "PSV" (Netherlands), "Arsenal", "Chelsea", "Liverpool", "Man Utd" (England), "Barcelona", "Valencia", "Real", "Deportivo" (Spain), "Bayern", "Werder", "Bayer" (Germany), "Celtic" (Scotland), "Fenerbahce" (Turkey), "Lyon", "PSG", "Monaco" (France), "Milan", "Roma", "Inter", "Juventus" (Italy), "Olympiacos", "Panathinaikos" (Greece), "Porto" (Portugal), "Anderlecht" (Belgium), "Rosenborg" (Norway), "Dinamo" (Ukraine), "Maccabi" (Israel), "Shakhtar" (Ukraine), "Sparta" (Czech Republic), "CSKA" (Russia).
On Thursday at 17:00, the draw for the group stage matches will take place, which you can watch live on Tango TV.
Wednesday's results:
"Trabzonspor" 0 - 2 Kiev (First leg 2 - 1, aggregate score 2 - 3) 7' [0 - 1] Goran Gavrancic 28' [0 - 2] Diogo Rincon (Rodolfo was sent off from the pitch in the 47th minute for "Dinamo")
Tel Aviv 1 - 0 Thessaloniki's "PAOK" (3 - 0, 4 - 0) 7' [1 - 0] Rafi Cohen
Donetsk 2 - 2 (1 - 4, 3 - 6) 5' [0 - 1] Zvonomir Vukic 15' [1 - 1] Nastja Ceh 34' [2 - 1] Nastja Ceh (penalty) 53' [2 - 2] Zvonomir Vukic
Eindhoven 5 - 0 Belgrade (2 - 3, 7 - 3) 9' [1 - 0] Mark van Bommel (penalty) 32' [2 - 0] DaMarcus Beasley 56' [3 - 0] Mark van Bommel 58' [4 - 0] John de Jong 80' [5 - 0] Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (Milan Bisevac was sent off from the pitch in the 29th minute for "Crvena Zvezda")
Ostrava 2 - 1 Leverkusen (0 - 5, 2 - 6) 37' [1 - 0] Michal Papadopulos 77' [1 - 1] Dimitar Berbatov 82' [2 - 1] Libor Zurek
Stockholm 1 - 4 Turin (2 - 2, 3 - 6) 10' [0 - 1] Alessandro Del Piero 19' [1 - 1] Johan Arneng 34' [1 - 2] David Trezeguet 54' [1 - 3] Pavel Nedved 86' [1 - 4] David Trezeguet
Prague 2 - 0 Budapest's "Ferencvaros" (0 - 1, 2 - 1 after extra time) 45' [1 - 0] Lukas Zelenka 114' [2 - 0] Jiri Homola
Glasgow 1 - 1 Moscow (1 - 2, 2 - 3) 60' [0 - 1] Vagner 87' [1 - 1] Steven Thompson (Deividas Šemberas played the full match)
Away
3 - 0 Bucharest's "Dinamo" (2 - 1, 5 - 1) 47' [1 - 0] Alan Smith 50' [2 - 0] Alan Smith 70' [3 - 0] David Bellion
Madrid 3 - 1 Krakow's "Wisla" (2 - 0, 5 - 1) 3' [1 - 0] Ronaldo 31' [2 - 0] Ronaldo 85' [3 - 0] Francisco Pavon 89' [3 - 1] Damian Gorawski
