After playing Dinamo Zagreb to a scorless draw in Yerevan, Armenian Premier League champions FC Pyunik lost 3-0 in the second leg of the tie at Maksimir Stadium. With the result the Croatian powerhouse will now face FC Salzburg in the next stage of the Champions League.
Vardan Minasyan’s visiting side came out with notable intention but following a number of chances falling for naught, the hosts began to push forward, led by their bounty of
CSKA Moskva missed a glorious chance to close the gap on Rubin Kazan in the race for the Rosgosstrakh Championship of Russia as they played Spartak Nalchik to a disappointing nil draw at Luzhniki Stadium.
Heading into a comfortable mid summer night match in Moscow, the Army-Men were primed with the knowledge that a win against relegation threatened Spartak Nalchik would push them to within a single point of Rubin Kazan. However as their disappointing season of peaks and valleys would attest, once again Zico’s side came up a morsel short
The hunt for the Ukrainian champions started from the get-go as UEFA Cup Champions Shakhtar Donetsk started their campaign with a solid 3-0 victory over Kryvbas Kryvy Rih.
After an early scoring chance was thwarted, Mircea Lucescu’s side took the lead at the nineteenth minute when Jádson struck a perfectly free-kick from outside of the area over the wall and into the top left corner of the net. Four minutes past the half-hour
