Champions League

Champions League

Kairat Almaty vs Sutjeska Nikšić — a slender lead to defend in the mountains

Preview · UEFA Champions League · First qualifying round, second leg · Wednesday 15 July 2026 Kairat Almaty land in Montenegro clutching the thinnest of cushions. Their 2-1 win in the first leg looked, for eighty minutes, like a night of frustration against stubborn opponents — until the closing stretch turned it into

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Egnatia vs Petrocub — level after 90, home advantage as the tiebreaker

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KÍ Klaksvík vs Atert Bissen — a one-goal lead to protect on the road

Preview · UEFA Champions League · First qualifying round, second leg · Wednesday 15 July 2026 KÍ Klaksvík carry a narrow advantage to Luxembourg, where Atert Bissen host the second leg needing to overturn a slender first-leg deficit. The Faroese side won the opener 2-1 at home, so nothing is settled:

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Universitatea Craiova vs ML Vitebsk — a three-goal cushion and one foot in the next round

Preview · UEFA Champions League · First qualifying round, second leg · Wednesday 15 July 2026 Universitatea Craiova return to the Ion Oblemenco with the hard part apparently already behind them. The Romanian champions travelled to a neutral first leg and came home with a 4-1 win, and now they only have

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Shamrock Rovers vs Floriana — two goals to find in Tallaght

Preview · UEFA Champions League · First qualifying round, second leg · Tuesday 14 July 2026 Tallaght Stadium has seen Shamrock Rovers author some memorable European nights, and they will need another one here. The Dubliners, seeded into a home second leg, instead find themselves staring at a 2-0 deficit after a

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Larne vs Tre Fiori — a lead to protect at home

Preview · UEFA Champions League · First qualifying round, second leg · Tuesday 14 July 2026 Larne travel back to their own patch with the tie tilted their way and the smallest of margins to guard. Having gone to Serravalle and returned with a 1-0 win, the Northern Irish side hold the

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Drita vs Kauno Žalgiris — level and loaded at home

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The New Saints vs Sabah FK — the mountain at Park Hall

Preview · UEFA Champions League · First qualifying round, second leg · Tuesday 14 July 2026 There are ties you approach with belief and ties you approach with defiance, and The New Saints know exactly which of the two awaits them at Park Hall. The Welsh champions were the nominal seeds in this

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Levski Sofia vs Borac Banja Luka — all square, and now it's Sofia's turn

Preview · UEFA Champions League · First qualifying round, second leg · Tuesday 14 July 2026 Everything is still to play for. Levski Sofia and Borac Banja Luka fought out a 1-1 draw in the first leg in Bosnia, leaving the tie perfectly balanced going into the return. Now the venue swings

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Riga FC vs Ararat-Armenia — home side facing a two-goal mountain

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Győri ETO vs Víkingur Reykjavík — favourites trailing, and the clock is ticking

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Lincoln Red Imps vs Inter Club d'Escaldes — Gibraltar's favourites travel with a cushion

Preview · UEFA Champions League · First qualifying round, second leg · Tuesday 14 July 2026 Lincoln Red Imps head to Andorra holding a 3-1 lead from the first leg, and the tie is theirs to lose. Inter Club d'Escaldes must overturn a two-goal deficit at home — win by