Kairat of Kazakhstan lost to Brugge of Belgium with the score of 1:4 in the match of the 7th round of the general stage of the Champions League and lost the chance to reach the playoffs of the tournament. The meeting took place in Astana.
Goals scored among the winners: Aleksandar Stankovic (32nd minute), Hans Vanaken (38), Romeo Wermann (74) e Brandon Mechele (84). He excelled against underdogs Adilet Sadybekov (90+2).
The 20-year-old Stankovic scored the first goal in the Champions League. The Serbian midfielder is the son of the former Spartak Moscow coach. Dejan Stankovic. As part of Kairat, the Russian defender played the entire match on the field Yegor Sorokin.
“Kairat” scored 1 point after 7 games. The Kazakh team is last, 36th in the standings and has lost the chance to reach the playoffs of the tournament. Brugge is in 23rd place with 7 points.
In the final phase, Kairat will play away against the English side Arsenal, Bruges will host the French side Marseille. Both matches will take place on January 28th.
There are 36 clubs participating in the general phase of the Champions League. All teams will play eight matches in the first phase: four home and away. The clubs are gathered in a summary ranking, the top eight will automatically advance to the 1/8 finals, the teams that rank from 9th to 24th will determine the remaining participants in the playoffs. The Champions League has been held in this format since last season.
