The first qualifying round kicked off today.
Some random highlights:
Some random highlights:
- 36 year old Andrei Arshavin scored a brace in Kairat's 6-0 win over Atlantas of Lithuania. This is his second year in the Kazakh league, apparently.
- One former European champion played today: Red Star Belgrade beat Malta's Floriana 3-0.
- Two former Cup Winners' Cup champions in the draw: Rangers and...Slovan Bratislava. Rangers beat a team from Luxembourg 1-0 at Ibrox. Slovan traveled for a not-so-fashionable away match in Armenia, where they beat Pyunik 4-1.
- Meanwhile, St. Johnstone lost at home to another Lithuanian club, Trakai. Oh, Scotland.
- One American was in action: Maccabi Tel Aviv's Aaron Schoenfeld came off the bench.
- Biggest beatdown: Norway's Haugesund beat Coleraine of Northern Ireland 7-0.