Panathinaikos surprised Marseille on consequences to succeed in the Champions League play-off spherical on Tuesday, date Rangers teed up a hit with PSV Eindhoven. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang burnt up Panathinaikos’ 1-0 first-leg govern within the 3rd qualifying spherical along with his first Marseille objective within two mins on the Stade Velodrome. The previous Arsenal and Barcelona striker finished the turnaround in first-half added generation by way of turning house his moment objective from Jonathan Clauss’ low move.
However there used to be a overdue twist, as simply seconds upcoming Matteo Guendouzi had obvious a powerful penalty enchantment waved away, the Marseille midfielder used to be penalised for handball by way of VAR and Fotis Ioannidis dispatched the ensuing 99th-minute spot-kick to drive too much generation.
Vitinha had a objective dominated out by way of VAR for an offside in opposition to Ismaila Sarr within the build-up because the Greeks hung on for consequences.
Filip Mladenovic stroked house the successful penalty as Panathinaikos gained the shoot-out 5-3, with goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli’s previous save from Guendouzi proving the most important.
Panathinaikos will nearest face Braga, with the winners to store their first group-stage look in over a decade.
James Tavernier‘s second-half header helped Rangers edge occasion Swiss aspect Servette with a 1-1 second-leg draw and 3-2 combination win.
The Scottish giants, who conceded 22 targets in six defeats on their go back to the crowd degree utmost season, noticed their 2-1 first-leg govern prohibited out by way of Servette midfielder Dereck Kutesa.
However Tavernier struck to arrange a play-off spherical rematch for Rangers in opposition to PSV Eindhoven, upcoming their luck in opposition to the Dutch crew on the identical degree utmost era.
The primary leg will likely be performed nearest era in Glasgow.
“It’s a new team, it’s about gelling together and continuing to work hard,” Rangers captain Tavernier informed BBC Scotland.
“It’s there but it’s about being fully concentrated…
“We need to put an actual marker unwell at Ibrox (in opposition to PSV).”
Former European champions PSV sealed their place in the next round with ease, adding a 3-1 win over Sturm Graz in Austria to their 4-1 first-leg success, with Luuk de Jong netting his third goal of the tie.
Elsewhere, FC Copenhagen beat Sparta Prague on penalties in the Czech Republic after a dramatic 3-3 second-leg draw.
Faroese club KI Klaksvik’s fairytale run came to a heartbreaking end as Martin Linnes grabbed an extra-time winner for Molde.
Braga, Polish champions Rakow, Galatasaray and Maccabi Haifa all also progressed.
AEK Athens scored in the 90th minute to beat Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 in the Croatian capital.
The match was the first leg of the tie after last week’s scheduled first game in Athens was postponed after the fatal stabbing of a fan.
Greek prosecutors have since charged 105 people in connection with the incident.
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