Dynamo is dynamite!
Ukranian power rolls in Champions Cup qualifier
Posted: Monday July 27, 1998 09:51 AM
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Dynamo Kiev player Sergei Rebrov (center) scores his first goal during the first qualification round for the UEFA Champions League AP |
LONDON (AP) -- Dynamo Kiev showed why it reached the quarterfinals
of the Champions Cup last season by demolishing the part-timers of
Welsh titlist Barry Town 8-0 Wednesday with Serhiy Rebrov hitting
four goals.
It was a coincidental rematch of the two teams who also met at
the same qualifying stage last season. That time Kiev triumphed 2-0
and 4-0.
There was no such easy stroll for Scottish champion Glasgow
Celtic, however, which was held 0-0 at home by the semi-pro Irish
club, St. Patrick's Athletic. Coached by Slovakian Josef Venglos,
who took over last week, Celtic will have to improve in next
Wednesday's second leg in Dublin.
Another Irish-Scottish matchup in the UEFA Cup had plenty of
goals, a thrilling turnaround and, sadly, violence outside the
steadium.
Trailing 3-0 to Shelbourne with 32 minutes to go, Glasgow
Rangers hit back to win 5-3.
Star-studded Rangers looked like the underdog when Sergio
Porrino scored in his own net in the seventh minute, Mark
Rutherford added a second for Shelbourne three minutes before half
time and Pat Morley added a third in the 58th.
German midfielder Jorg Albertz replied with a penalty in the
59th, Gabriel Amato and then new Dutch signing Giovanni van
Bronkhorst tied the scores with strikes in the 72nd and 74th
minutes. Amato added a fourth with eight minutes to go and then
Albertz netted another penalty in the 85th to give the Scottish
club the advantage when the two teams meet again in the second leg
next Wednesday.
The game was played at Tranmere's ground in Liverpol,
north-west England because of the fear of sectarian trouble.
Rangers are a predominantly Protestant team and Shelbourne is from
Dublin, which is mainly Catholic.
The neutral venue didn't prevent trouble, however, and police on
horseback had to use CS gas to quell violence after a large number
of Rangers fans were removed from a pub.
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