Braga and Hapoel into the big league

Champions League review: Portuguese side Braga qualified for the lucrative Champions League group stages after an emphatic win…

Hat-trick hero Lima celebrates with teammate Matheus after scoring Braga's second goal against Sevilla during their Champions league playoff second leg soccer match at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Seville, August 24, 2010. - (Photograph: Marcelo Del Pozo/Reuters)
Hat-trick hero Lima celebrates with teammate Matheus after scoring Braga's second goal against Sevilla during their Champions league playoff second leg soccer match at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Seville, August 24, 2010. - (Photograph: Marcelo Del Pozo/Reuters)

Champions League review:Portuguese side Braga qualified for the lucrative Champions League group stages after an emphatic win over Sevilla tonight. Lima netted a hat-trick as Braga won 4-3 in Spain to progress 5-3 on aggregate.

The visitors, who knocked Celtic out in the previous round, held a 1-0 lead following the first leg and goals from Matheus after 31 minutes and Lima after 58 minutes, three minutes after he came on as a substitute, put the visitors 3-0 up on aggregate.

Luis Fabiano pulled a goal back after 60 minutes and Jesus Navas pulled Sevilla level on the night after 84 minutes.

However, one minute later Lima netted his second before he added his third, leaving Frederic Kanoute’s stoppage-time strike in vain as Sevilla fell into the Europa League.

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Marco Streller scored after 74 minutes and Alexander Frei netted twice in the final six minutes to seal victory.

FC Sheriff finished the game with 10 men after captain Vazha Tarkhnishvili was sent off for two bookable offences after 76 minutes.

Erin Zahavi scored in the 92nd minute as Hapoel Tel-Aviv claimed a 4-3 aggregate success over Salzburg, who had taken the lead through Douglas da Silva’s own goal three minutes before the break. The second leg ended 1-1.

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However, a stunning strike from Rosenborg in final minute forced extra-time and Claudio Pizarro drilled home a winner for the German side for a 5-4 aggregate win.

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