FC Salzburg, Young Boys and Sparta Prague booked their places in the Champions League group stage on Tuesday night.
A 1-1 home draw against Dynamo Kiev was enough for Pep Lijnders’ Salzburg to seal progression to the competition proper having won 2-0 in the first leg last week.
Adam Daghim opened the scoring for the Austrian giants after 12 minutes before Vladyslav Vanav gave the Ukranian side hope with a 29th-minute equaliserbut it proved not enough.
Young Boys won 1-0 away at Galatasaray to stun the Turkish side 4-2 on aggregate thanks to a late goal from Alan Verginius.
Young Boys, Salzburg and Sparta Praha reach league phase 👏#UCL
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Trailing 3-2 from the first leg, Galatasaray were unable to turn the game around and their hopes were dashed when Fernando Muslera was sent off in the aftermath of the goal.
It was a more straightforward evening for Sparta Prague, who won 2-0 on the night to complete a 4-0 aggregate win over Malmo.
The final three teams will be decided tomorrow as Red Star face Bodo/Glimt, Slovan Bratislava meet Midtjylland and Slavia Prague collide with Lille in the second legs of their ties.
Once that is all done and dusted, it will be time for the group-stage draw on Thursday.
