Paris: Guillaume Hoarau’s second-half penalty claimed a 2-2 draw to deny former winners Red Star Belgrade a comeback victory over Young Boys in the Champions League’s play-off round first leg on Wednesday.
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Roger Assale scored early on for the hosts before Milos Degenek and Mateo Garcia put the 1991 European champions 2-1 up shortly after the break.
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Hoarau’s spot-kick came after VAR reviewed a foul on Nicolas Ngamaleu with a quarter of an hour remaining in Switzerland.
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The visitors were quickly trailing after a route-one goal from the hosts after seven minutes.
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David van Ballmoos hoofed his goal-kick up field, striker Jean-Pierre Nsame flicked the ball on and forward Assale’s effort slipped under Canada international Milan Borjan for the opening goal.
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Australia centre-back Degenek brought the teams level 11 minutes later.
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His looped header from a Marko Marin cross beat Van Ballmoos as well as Nsame who was defending at the near post.
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The Serbians were ahead after 54 seconds of the second half.
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Captain Marin fed right-back Marko Gobeljic out wide who crossed into the box.
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Two Red Star players over-ran the pass before Garcia struck home at the back-post.
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France international Hoarau, a 73rd minute substitute, slotted home his penalty with ease after referee Danny Makkelie had reviewed forward Richmond Boakye’s trip on Ngamaleu in the box.
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Hoarau could have claimed the win for Young Boys with five minutes of normal time remaining but his shot was cleared off the line.
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Red Star, despite the draw, have the upper hand ahead of next week’s return leg thanks to their away goals.
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Elsewhere, Olympiakos romped to a 4-0 victory over Krasnodar although their fans could be in trouble after a Russian journalist claimed he was attacked and had his nose broken in an assault.
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The visitors, who knocked out Porto in the last round, struggled in Greece as Lazar Randelovic scored twice between efforts by Miguel Angel Guerrero and Daniel Podence.
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Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb beat Norwegian league winners Rosenborg 2-0 thanks to first-half efforts from Bruno Petkovic and Mislav Orsic.
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