In Batumi, all three goals were scored in overtime. In the first half, Davitashvili put the hosts in the lead, but substitute Armén Barsegyan equalized in the 115th minute. In the setup of the second half, captain Weiss then arranged Slovan’s progress when he caught the badly placed goalkeeper Kupatadze with a shot from a corner kick.
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The Bratislava team will face Ferencváros in the next stage of qualification, which outclassed Tobol Kostanaj 5:1 in Budapest. Former České Budějovice striker Bassey scored two goals as a substitute. No goal was scored in the first match in Kazakhstan.
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Last year’s quarter-finalist of the European Conference League Bodö/Glimt will also play in the second preliminary round of the LM. In the rematch with Klaksvík, the Norwegian team almost squandered a solid 3-0 home lead when they unexpectedly lost 1-3 in the Faroe Islands.
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| Rematch of the 1st preliminary round of the Champions League: |
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| Soligorsk (Belgium) – Maribor 0:2 (0:1), first match: 0:0, Maribor advanced |
| KÍ Klaksvík (Faroe Islands) – Bodö/Glimt (Nor.) 3:1 (2:0), first match: 0:3, Bodö/Glimt advanced |
| Batumi – Slovan Bratislava 1:2 after extra time (0:0, 0:0), first match: 0:0, Slovan advanced |
| Ferencváros Budapest – Tobol Kostanaj 5:1 (3:1), first match: 0:0, promoted Ferencváros |
| CFR Cluj – Pjunik Yerevan 2:2 after extra time. (1:1, 1:0), on pen. 3:4, first match: 0:0, Pjunik advanced |
| Linfield (Northern Ireland) – The New Saints (Wal.) 2:0 after extra time. (1:0, 0:0), first match: 0:1, Linfield advanced |
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