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Ajax scrape through

ByReuters

Updated 05/08/2010 at 15:55 GMT

Uruguay striker Luis Suarez was on target again as Ajax held on for a nail-biting 3-3 draw at PAOK Salonica to reach the Champions League final qualifying round on Wednesday.

Luis Suarez Ajax

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Fenerbahce were eliminated after a stunning 1-0 home defeat by Young Boys and Celtic went out despite a 2-1 win over Braga.
Other teams to progress included Dynamo Kiev, who won 3-1 at Gent for a 6-1 aggregate victory, Austrian champions Salzburg, who eliminated Omonia Nicosia, Swiss champions Basel, who knocked out Debrecen, and Czech champions Sparta Prague who overcame Lech Poznan.
Partizan Belgrade, champions of Serbia, cruised through, winning 2-1 at HJK to complete a 5-1 aggregate win.
Ajax, held 1-1 at home by Greek side PAOK last week, qualified on away goals despite squandering a 3-1 lead.
Portuguese forward Vieirinha gave PAOK a halftime lead before Suarez and Siem de Jong scored twice within three minutes for the Dutch team just after the break.
Rasmus Lindgren seemed to make the tie safe for Ajax in the 55th minute but Dimitris Salpingidis pulled one back and Vladimir Ivic scored a stoppage-time equaliser.
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