Overview

• Club Brugge surged 3-0 inside 20 minutes through Antonio Nusa’s teammate Hugo Vermant, Jorne Spileers and Brandon Mechele before Danilo reduced the deficit for a 3-1 Rangers home loss.
• Qarabag overturned Barnabás Varga’s opener to defeat Ferencvaros 3-1 in Budapest with second‑half goals from Marko Jankovic, Juninho Medina and Musa Qurbanli.
• Pafos won 2-1 at Red Star Belgrade with an early strike from Joao Correia and a second‑half penalty converted by Pedro Rodrigues, while Bruno Duarte pulled one back.
• The results came in first legs of the final qualifying round that decides entry to the Champions League group phase.
• Rangers, Ferencvaros and Red Star now face return legs needing victories to overturn the aggregates, with Red Star also missing Marko Arnautovic, Rade Krunic and Nemanja Radonjic in the first meeting.