ISTANBUL
Turkey’s Fenerbahce drew against Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk 0-0 in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League’s third qualifying round at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul on Tuesday evening.
Dutch forward Robin van Persie and Portuguese winger Nani had made their debut for Fenerbahce in the game.
Fenerbahce are still hopeful despite the draw on their home ground.
The second leg will be played on August 5 in the Ukrainian city of Lviv.
Results on Tuesday:
CSKA Moscow (Russia) 2 - 2 Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
Milsami (Moldova) 0 - 2 Skenderbeu (Albania)
Midtjylland (Denmark) 1 - 2 APOEL (Greek Cypriot Adm.)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel) 1 - 2 Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic)
Panathinaikos (Greece) 2 - 1 Club Brugge (Belgium)
Fenerbahce (Turkey) 0 - 0 Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
Young Boys (Switzerland) 1 - 3 Monaco (France)
Videoton (Hungary) 1 - 1 BATE (Belarus)
Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) - Molde (Norway)
Wednesday's fixtures are:
HJK (Finland) - Astana (Kazakhstan)
Salzburg (Austria) - Malmo (Sweden)
Steaua Bucharest (Romania) - Partizan (Serbia)
Celtic (Scotland) - Qarabag (Azerbaijan)
Lech Poznan (Poland) - Basel (Switzerland)
Rapid Wien (Austria) - Ajax (Netherlands)
