One year after reaching the group stage, Ludogorets Razgrad lost the first leg of their opening Champions League qualifier on Wednesday.

The Bulgarian champions will have to recover from a 2-1 defeat away to Lithuania's Zalgiris Vilnius after conceding twice in the final 12 minutes.

Other clubs with European pedigrees prevailed as they opened the second qualifying round on Wednesday.

Legia Warsaw got first-half goals from Guilherme, Dominik Nagy and Kasper Haemaelaeinen to cruise to a 3-0 win at...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's hat trick gave Manchester United a 3-0 win against St Etienne in a Europa League round of 32 first-leg clash at Old Trafford on Thursday.

Ibrahimovic opened the scoring in unusual circumstances after 15 minutes when his free kick struck the St Etienne wall and deflected towards goal leaving St Etienne goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier wrong-footed and stranded before crawling over the line.

He added an important second in the 74th minute as substitute Marcus Rashford squared from...

Ludogorets Razgrad's Jody Lukoki has revealed his surprise at how easy it was to play against Paris Saint-Germain in the Bulgarians' 2-2 Champions League draw on Tuesday.

PSG needed a win against Georgi Dermendzhiev's men but their visitors surprised them by twice taking the lead through Virgil Misidjan and Wanderson at Parc des Princes.

It took a spectacular equaliser from Edinson Cavani and a scrappy late leveller from Angel Di Maria to claim a point but that was not enough for PSG to stop Arsenal...