WEDNESDAY'S CHAMPIONS League Play-offs Wrap

Late draw saw Copenhagen progress past APOEL in Cyprus as Federico Santander cancelled out Pieros Sotiriou’s opener with four minutes remaining on the clock to secure a 1-1 draw and a 2-1 aggregate triumph.

Thorgan Hazard and Raffael took matters into their own hands as both scored hat-tricks in a 6-1 rout of Young Boys to achieved the highest aggregate scoreline since the Champions League play-offs were introduced in a 9-2 aggregate win.

Ajax were bamboozled by Russian debutants FC Rostov 4-1 owing to goals from Sardar Azmoun, Aleksandr Erokhin, Christian Noboa and Dmitry Polo. The Russian club secured qualification and would be participating for the first time in the Champions League.

Dinamo Zagreb needed extra-time to complete their own turnaround against Red Bull Salzburg. Junior Fernandes equalised in the 87th minute and five minutes into the extra half hour Soudani settled matters.

Elsewhere, Fabian Delph scored the only goal of the match as Pep Guardiola’s side secured an easy passage to the draws after a 5-1 first leg triumph.

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