Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Glasgow Rangers is out but second qualifying round continues


At Lithuania, last UEFA Cup runner-up, Glasgow Rangers lost against host team, Kaunas, 2-1 and was eliminated of Champions League 2008-2009 being the first important surprise of the season.

Rangers official site says: "It's all over and Rangers are out of Europe. Less than three months after reaching the UEFA Cup final, they fall at the first hurdle and Kaunas deserve their place in the final qualifying round".

Also Ventspils beat Brann Bergen 2 – 1 but wasn’t enough to qualify. Here we have second leg schedule and results of second qualifying round:

August 5th

Kaunas – Rangers 2-1
Ventspils - Brann Bergen 2 – 1

August 6th

BATE Borisov - Anderlecht
Din. Tbilisi - Panathinaikos
Dynamo Kyiv - Drogheda United
Rapid Vienna - Anorthosis
FK Modrica - AaB Aalborg
Basel - IFK Gothenburg
Petrzalka - Tampere United
Sparta Prague - FC Sheriff
Dinamo Zagreb - NK Domzale
MTK Budapest - Fenerbahce
Partizan Belgrade - Inter Baku
Wisla Krakow - Beitar Jerusalem

Take a look at First leg results

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