Football
Benfica, Viktoria Pilsen and Maccabi Haifa made it to the main stage of the Champions League
In the Champions League, the second legs of the play-off round took place.
Benfica defeated Dynamo Kiev 3-0 at home. Nicholas Otamendi, Rafa Silva and David Neres scored in the match. The first game was won by the Portuguese club – 2:0. Benfica reached the group stage of the Champions League, the people of Kiev will play in the Europa League.
The Czech “Victoria Plzen” defeated the Azerbaijani “Garabagh” with a score of 2:1 and will continue to play in the Champions League on aggregate.
“Maccabi” from Haifa played a draw with the Serbian “Crvena Zvezda” – 2:2. In this meeting, an own goal by Crvena forward Milan Pavkov in the 90th minute was decisive. The first meeting ended in favor of “Maccabi” – 3:2.
The draw for the group stage of the Champions League will take place on 25 August in Istanbul.
Champions League. Qualification. Playoff round
Benfica (Lisbon) – Dynamo (Kyiv) – 3:0 (3:0)
First match – 2:0
“Crvena Zvezda” (Belgrade) – “Maccabi” (Haifa) – 2: 2 (2:1)
Goals: Pesic, 27 (VIDEO). Ivanic, 43 (VIDEO). — Sundgren, 45 (VIDEO). Pavkov, 90 (VIDEO).
Missed penalties: Khaziz, 45.
First match – 2:3
“Victoria” (Plzen) – “Karabakh” (Agdam) – 2: 1 (0:1)
Goals: Kopits, 58 (VIDEO). Clement, 73 (VIDEO). – Ozobic, 38 (VIDEO).
The first match is 0:0.
Source: Sportbox
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