Celtic thrash Hapoel Beer Sheva in Champions League qualifiers
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ByEurosport
Updated 17/08/2016 at 21:57 GMT
Leigh Griffiths scored a brace to help Celtic thrash Hapoel Beer Sheva 5-2 in Glasgow, although the Scottish champions suffered a scare as their 3-0 halftime lead was at one point reduced to 3-2 by the Israeli visitors.
Leigh Griffiths celebrates after the game
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Tom Rogic scored the opener in the ninth minute, with Griffith doubling the Hoops lead in the 39th.
In added time, Griffith struck again from a free kick to give Celtic a comfortable lead at half-time.
But within two minutes, Lucio Maranhao (55') and Maor Melikson (57') had narrowed the margin.
Nonetheless Moussa Dembele headed home Griffith's corner in the 73rd minute, and Scott Brown scored a further 85th minute goal to well and truly seal the deal.
Elsewhere, AS Roma clung on for a 1-1 draw away to Porto despite having Thomas Vermaelen sent off on his debut before halftime in a dramatic Champions League playoff first leg on Wednesday.
Porto defender Felipe gifted Roma the lead with an own goal but the Serie A side had Vermaelen dismissed for a second bookable offence in the 41st minute and Andre Silva replied for the twice European champions with a second-half penalty.
A superb individual goal by midfielder Bernardo Silva gave Monaco a 2-1 win away to Villarreal in another of Wednesday's five ties while much-travelled Brazilian Alexandre Pato scored on his debut for the hosts.
Polish champions Legia Warsaw won 2-0 away to Irish counterparts Dundalk and Bulgaria's Ludogorets Razgrad beat Viktoria Plzen 2-0 in a meeting of the Bulgarian and Czech league winners.
Additional reporting by Reuters
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