Wednesday, August 26, 2009

[football] Atletico Madrid, Lyon Qualify For Champions League

Atletico Madrid qualified for the group stage of the UEFA champions league by defeaing Panathanaikos 2-0 in the second leg to win 5-2 in overall. Los Colchoneros got their first goal when Italian defender Vyntra tried to clear a cross of Maxi Rodriguez and put it in their own goal. At the 83rd minute Sergio Aguero sealed the win for them when the opponent goalkeeper failed to collect his shot on the goal.
Olympique Lyon continued their blistering form over Anderlecht to defeat them 3-1 with a first half hattrick from Lopez.
Debrecan, Macabi Haifa and Zurich FC also qualified for the next stage with their wins.

For results of the first leg cilck here
results:
Atletico Madrid 2-0 Panathanaikos  (overall 5-2)
goals: (L Vyntra 4' OG, S Aguero 83')


Anderlecht  1-3 Lyon  (overall 8-2)
goals: (M Suarez 51') (L Lopez 26', 32', 41')


Debrecan 2-0 Levski Sofia  (overall 4-1)
goals: (J Varga 13', G Rudolf 36') 


Macabi Haifa 3-0 RB Salzburg  (overall 5-1)
goals: (D Dvalishvili 31', E Golsa 57', M Ghadir 90')


Zurich 2-1 Ventspills  (overall 5-1)
goals: (J Vonlanthen 6', A Abdi 90') (I Tigirlas 8')

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