Football: Raków Częstochowa beat Aris Limassol 2-1 in Champions League qualifier

Polish football champions Raków Częstochowa have beaten Cypriot side Aris Limassol 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League round three qualifier.

Raków Częstochowa's Fabian Piasecki (right) in action against Aris Limassol on Tuesday night.

Photo: PAP/Waldemar Deska

The Polish side’s Ukrainian midfielder Vladyslav Kochergin scored the first goal of the match at the Municipal Stadium in the southern Polish city of Częstochowa in the seventh minute, and Fabian Piasecki doubled the score from a penalty in the 63rd.

TAKI POCZĄTEK SOBIE WYMARZYLIŚMY! 😍

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7' ⏱️ #RCZARI 1:0 pic.twitter.com/NyX0a4WiLT

— Raków Częstochowa 🥇 (@Rakow1921) August 8, 2023

GOOOOOOOOOOL! 🔥

Fabian Piasecki podwyższa prowadzenie po golu z rzutu karnego! 😍

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63' ⏱️ #RCZARI 2:0 pic.twitter.com/D4wmwwc1Do

— Raków Częstochowa 🥇 (@Rakow1921) August 8, 2023

South African Mihlali Mayambela scored for the Cypriot team in the 88th.

Raków wygrał, ale może żałować straconej bramki #RCZARI ⚽️https://t.co/r4cpBAQzKw

— Sport PR (@sportradiopl) August 8, 2023

Raków will play Aris in the second leg next Tuesday, August 15, in Limassol, a city on the southern coast of Cyprus.

Po zaciętej walce wygrywamy z Arisem! 😍

Rewanż na Cyprze za tydzień!#RCZARI pic.twitter.com/RbAwT4Z1H1

— Raków Częstochowa 🥇 (@Rakow1921) August 8, 2023

The winner of the two matches will go on to face either Danish side FC Copenhagen or the Czech Republic's Sparta Prague in the fourth and last round of Champions League qualifiers, Polish state news agency PAP reported.

Raków in May won the Polish premier league championship for the first time, while heavyweights Legia Warsaw, the most successful Polish football club in history, finished runners-up.

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Source: IAR, PAP