Kairat made sure that not everything in the second leg was exactly as expected after the results from the first matches.
The Almaty club and champion of Kazakhstan advanced to the 3rd round of Champions League qualifying with a 3-0 victory over KuPS, despite losing 2-0 in the first leg in Finland.
The other matches played tonight did not bring the slightest drama - Red Star, Dinamo Kiev, Copenhagen and Slovan only confirmed their placement after winning their first matches.
It was clear after 43 minutes that this would be a big night in Kazakhstan's largest city when Dastan Satpaev, Zhorzhinjo and Valeriy Gromyko scored three times for the Finnish champions.
Red Star may not have shone in Gibraltar (winning 1:0), but in Belgrade they ended the story against Lincoln in the first half when they took a 4:0 lead. They also conceded a goal later on, and Mateus Magalhaes saved a penalty, but it was clear long ago who was the better team (5:1).
Goals for the Serbian champions were scored by Aleksandar Katai, Mirko Ivanić, Bruno Duarte, Milson and Šerif Endijae, while Marko Arnautović also made his debut for Red Star - the Inter signing played the last twenty minutes.
The "Red and Whites" will face Lech Poznan in the 3rd round of qualifying, who ended their promotion story in the first match when they "demolished" Breidblik away (7:1).
Dynamo Kiev had no problems and with two 3:0 victories "solved" the Hamrun team from Malta, while Copenhagen, after a 3:0 win at "Parken", was also better than Kosovo's Drita in Pristina (1:0) - the only goal was scored by Andreas Kornelius.
Zrinjski lost the two-legged tie against Slovan in Bratislava (4:0), so tonight in Mostar with a 2:2 draw (although they led 2:0 at the end) they said goodbye to the Champions League.
The remaining 10 matches of the 2nd qualifying round are scheduled for tomorrow, and our Risto Radunović (Steaua), Marko Janković (Qarabag midfielder, questionable due to injury), Andrej Đurić (Malmo) will also take to the field, while Radomir Đalović will try to knock out Ludogorec in Razgrad after a 0:0 draw at Rujevica.
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