On Tuesday and Wednesday, 14 and 15 August, 16 first matches of the third qualifying round of UEFA Champions League took place. Dynamo Kyiv overcame Sarajevo Bosnia in away-match owing to the goal of Maksym Shatskykh, and Shakhtar Donetsk succumbed to Salzburg in Austria, having lost the penalty goal.
14 August
Lazio Italy 1 - 1 Dinamo Bucuresti, Romania
Rangers Scotland 1 - 0 Crvena Zvezda Serbia
Benfica Portugal 2 - 1 FC Copenhagen Denmark
Valencia Spain 3 - 0 Elfsborg Sweden
15 August
Toulouse France 0 – 1 Liverpool England
Spartak Moscow,Russia 1 – 1 Celtic Scotland
Tampere United Finland 0 – 3 Rosenborg Norway
BATE Borisov, Belorussia 2 – 2 Steaua Bucuresti, Romania