CL qualifying round-up

Suarez on target, while Celtic are demolished

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CL qualifying round-up

Jol: Under pressure

Wednesday's results:

AIK Stockholm 0 Rosenborg 1
Ajax 1 PAOK Saloniki 1
Aktobe 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0
BATE Borisov 0 FC Copenhagen 0
Braga 3 Celtic 0
Debrecen 0 Basel 2
FC Sheriff 1 Dinamo Zagreb 1
Partizan Belgrade 3 HJK Helsinki 0
Young Boys Bern 2 Fenerbahce 2

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Martin Jol's Ajax are not certain of progressing in the UEFA Champions League after they were held to a 1-1 draw by PAOK Saloniki in Amsterdam in the third qualifying round.

Dutchman Jol was close to moving to Fulham earlier in July before being told he could not leave and he would have hoped to have put the episode in the past with a comfortable win, but that was not to be the case.

Captain Luis Suarez continued his World Cup form, however, the Uruguayan's 13th minute goal was cancelled out by Vladimir Ivic with 17 minutes of the match remaining to leave the tie interestingly poised ahead of Wednesday's second leg.

Neil Lennon's first competitive match as permanent Celtic manager proved to be a catastrophe as the Scottish giants were demolished 3-0 by Braga in Portugal to leave them facing elimination.

An 89th minute penalty from Moreno Costanzo allowed Young Boys to grab a 2-2 home draw with Fenerbahce after the Turkish giants had former Bury, Brighton and Sheffield United player Colin Kazim Richards sent off for two bookings before half-time.

Debrecen's hopes of qualifying look to be slim after they lost 2-0 to Basel in Budapest as Valentin Stocker and substitute Granit Xhaka did the damage in the 34th and 90th minute.

BATE Borisov and FC Copenhagen will meet in Demark next week with everything to play for following a 0-0 draw in Belarus.

Aktobe gained a narrow home-leg win over Hapoel Tel-Aviv as a 67th minute penalty from captain Samat Smakov secured a 1-0 victory.

Dinamo Zagreb are the slight favourites to progress after a 1-1 draw with FC Sheriff in Moldova.

Visitors Dinamo were forced to play the last 29 minutes with 10 men after Tomislav Barbaric collected his second booking of the second half.

Rosenborg are in the driving seat to qualify after a 1-0 win over AIK Stockholm courtesy of Markus Henriksen's 33rd minute goal.

Partizan Belgrade did not struggle against HJK Helsinki in Serbia as a 3-0 victory was ensured when Ivica Iliev and Sasa Ilic scored before half-time and striker Cleo added a third in injury-time before the final whistle.

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