AEK advances past Dinamo Zagreb with a 2-2 draw

AEK eliminated Dinamo Zagreb Saturday, 4-3 on aggregate, snatching a 2-2 home draw with two added time goals to advance to the Champions League playoff round.

It was a Croat and former Dinamo player, defender Domagoj Vida, who scored the decisive goal in the 10th minute of added time with a header. Dinamo goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic dove to his left to parry a Levi Garcia penalty kick, but Vida headed the high rebound home.

The penalty was awarded only after a VAR review had shown that Dinamo's Robert Ljubicic had used his arm to block a shot.

More than three-and-a-half minutes elapsed from the contested block to Vida's finally scoring the equalizer.

Dinamo opened the scoring in first half added time when Bosko Sutalo caught a rebound from a blocked header and slotted the ball home.

AEK dominated the early second half, but it was Dinamo which...