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UCL play-offs: Boakye Yiadom's Red Star Belgrade advances to next stage

By Vincent Ashitey
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Ghana international forward Richmond Boakye Yiadom's Red Star Belgrade have advanced to the next stage of the UEFA Champions League qualifiers despite suffering defeat.

The 26-year-old saw 55 minutes of action as his outfit were defeated 2-1 away by Finnish side HJK but make still made it through to the next stage on 3-2 aggregate.

HJK captain Sebastian Dahlström beat Milan Borjan to give HJK the lead and hope of levelling the aggregate score.

Just ten minutes later The Red-Whites were level as Dušan Jovančić made the most out of a clever Marko Marin pass and finished past Maksim Rudakov to make it 1-1 for the Serbian side.

Riku Riski evaded Filip Stojković and beat Borjan from close range to give the Finnish side an unlikely victory.

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