Celtic in, Ajax out of UCL gift play-offs
Celtic players applaud James Forrest’s idea during a UEFA Champions League,Third subordinate round, 2nd leg compare between Rosenborg and Celtic during Lerkendal Stadium in Trondheim, Norway August, 2, 2017.
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LONDON: Four times European champions Ajax Amsterdam were dumped out in a third subordinate turn of a Champions League after a 2-2 pull during home to Nice on Wednesday, as Scottish champions Celtic squeezed past Rosenborg.
Ajax were left to charity some messy fortifying as Nice scored twice in Amsterdam after a 1-1 pull in France to go by on divided goals.
Vincent Marcel grabbed a 79th-minute equaliser for Nice after Ajax’s Donny outpost de Beek and Davinson Sanchez had cancelled out Arnaud Souquet’s early opener for a French side.
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On a other hand, Celtic had usually managed a scoreless pull during home to Rosenborg and struggled to mangle down a Norwegians in Wednesday’s second leg.
James Forrest, however, finally found a net in a 69th minute, banishment home from a parsimonious angle to put Brendan Rodgers’s side by with a 1-0 victory.
There was copiousness of play in Berne as Swiss side Young Boys recovered from a 3-1 better divided to Dynamo Kiev, winning 2-0 during home to go by on divided goals.
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FC Copenhagen beaten FK Vardar 4-1 during a Parken track in a Danish collateral to go by 4-2 on aggregate, while Turkish joining runners-up Istanbul Basaksehir cruised past Belgian side Club Bruges 2-0 during home to win 5-3 on aggregate.
The successful teams now go brazen to a playoff round, with a winners subordinate for a organisation theatre of Europe’s remunerative chosen bar competition. The pull for a playoff turn takes place on Aug. 4.
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