Stockholm, SWEDEN, August 6 (uefa.com) - FK Partizan came from behind in Sweden to eliminate Djurgardens IF on away goals and reach the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.
With the tie level at 1-1 after the first leg in Belgrade, Djurgarden went into the lead in the tenth minute of the return after Rene Mekondele found Geert Den Ouden on the right of the penalty area and the forward's cross was converted by Andreas Johansson.
Leading the way in the Swedish First Division 16 games into the season, Djurgarden were full of confidence, and almost doubled their lead before the break when substitute Yanick Bapupa-Ngabu hit the crossbar with a clever lob.
After half-time, though, Partizan were a reborn side following coach Lothar Matthaus's introduction of former Yugoslavian international Ljubinko Drulovic. He quickly made an impact, setting up captain Sasa Ilic to equalise from nine metres on 62 minutes. Soon after Partizan were in control.
Five minutes after the leveller, Swedish international goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson fouled Partizan's Milan Stojanoski in the penalty area and left-back Nebojsa Malbasa converted to leave the home side needing to score twice.
Djurgarden substitute Samuel Wowoah drew the aggregate scores level 13 minutes from time, but Partizan held the away-goals advantage and were able to close ranks and secure a fixture against English side Newcastle United FC with the first leg in Belgrade next week.
UEFA Champions League second qualifying round, second leg, Stockhom, SWEDEN, August 6
DJURGARDEN Stockholm (SWEDEN) - PARTIZAN Belgrade (SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO) 2-2 (HT: 1-0)
Rasunda Stadium in Stockholm. Attendance: 30,000. Referee: Iouri Baskakov (RUSSIA). Scorers: Johansson '10 and Wowoah '77 for Djurgarden; Sasa Ilic '62 and Malbasa '67 for Partizan. Booked: Rasck (Djurgarden) and Malbasa (Partizan). Sent off: -
DJURGARDEN: Isaksson, Stenman, Arneng (Bapupa), Rasck,
Kallstrom, Stefanidis (Blomqvist), Johansson, Den Ouden (Wowoah),
Makonoele, Karlsson, Kuivasto.
PARTIZAN: Kralj, Cirkovic, West, Djordjevic, Malbasa,
Duljaj, Ilic, Nadj, Iliev (Radoncic), Stojanoski (Bajic),
Cakar (Drulovic).
UEFA Champions League second qualifying round - RESULTS
Clubs marked in bold reached third qualifying round:
Rosenborg (NOR) - Bohemians 4-0 (first leg: 1-0)
Maccabi Tel Aviv - Zilina (SVK) 1-1 (0-1)
Sliema - Kopenhagen (DEN) 0-6 (1-4)
Djurgarden - Partizan (SM) 2-2 (1-1)
Dinamo (CRO) - Maribor 2-1 (1-1)
Helsinki - MTK (HUN) 1-0 (1-3)
Anderlecht (BEL) - Rapid Bucharest 3-2 (0-0)
Celtic (SCO) - Kaunas 1-0 (4-0)
Omonia - Wisla Krakov (POL) 2-2 (2-5)
Slavia Prague (CZE) - Leotar 2-0 (2-1)
Vardar Skopje (MAC) - CSKA Moscow 1-1 (2-1)
GAK Graz (AUT) - Tirana 2-1 (5-1)
CSKA Sofia (BUL) - Pyunik 1-0 (2-0)
Shakhtar (UKR) - Sheriff 2-0 (0-0)
UEFA Champions League third qualifying round - FIXTURES
First legs: August 12. Second legs: August 27.
Vardar - Sparta
MTK - Celtic
Rangers - FC Kopenhagen
Austria - Marseille
Club Brugge - Dortmund
Shakhtar - Lokomotiv
Lazio - Benfica
Dynamo (Kyiv) - Dinamo (Zagreb)
Rosenborg - Deportivo
Grasshoppers - AEK
Zilina - Chelsea
Celta - Slavia
Partizan - Newcastle
Galatasaray - CSKA
Anderlecht - Wisla
GAK - Ajax
