Young Boys knock out Shakhtar Donetsk, Olympiakos beaten too
Thursday 4 August 2016 08:03, UK
Radamel Falcao scored before coming off injured as Monaco beat Fenerbahce in the Champions League third qualifying round on Wednesday.
Monaco played host to the Turkish giants at the Stade Louis II looking to overturn a 2-1 deficit from the first leg and they wasted little time in opening the scoring before going to win 3-1 on the night and progress to the play-offs.
Valere Germain gave Monaco the lead in the third minute before Falcao scored an 18th-minute penalty to double the advantage.
However, the Colombian then came off with a hamstring injury just before the interval and Fenerbahce fought back after the break.
Nigerian striker Emmanuel Emenike hit the bar before squaring the tie on aggregate in the 53rd minute when he turned in Martin Skrtel's low cross from six yards with the home defence appealing for offside.
Nevertheless, Monaco were not to be denied and Dirar set up Germain to lash in and take Leonardo Jardim's men through 4-3 on aggregate.
Celtic advanced against Astana thanks to a late penalty from Moussa Dembele, while Ajax came from behind to beat PAOK 2-1 in Greece and go through 3-2 on aggregate.
Stefanos Athanasiadis gave PAOK an early lead but captain Davy Klaassen levelled from the spot in first-half stoppage time before firing home an 88th-minute winner.
In other games, Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk lost on penalties to Young Boys in Switzerland after the hosts won 2-0 on the night, with a Yuya Kubo brace levelling the tie on aggregate.
Greek champions Olympiakos are also out, losing 1-0 to Hapoel Beer-Sheva in Israel after a goalless first leg, Shir Tzedek scoring the decisive goal.
FC Copenhagen, Steaua Bucharest, Salzburg and Legia Warsaw progressed, as did Rostov, the Russians winning 2-0 away to Anderlecht to advance 4-2 on aggregate.
