Champions League
Champions League: Home defeat for Rakov, draws for Rangers and Eindhoven
Copenhagen defeated Rakov from Greece in the opening games of the Champions League playoffs from Poland. Satisfactory draw at “Ibrox” between Rangers and Eindhoven.
THE Copenhagen She was the big winner in Poland after that 1:0 on her Rakov The Greek gave them a qualifying advantage in the Champions League group stage.
The visitors took the lead with an adventurous own goal in the 9th minute, when a cross from the left was countered by Bogdan Rakovican who tried to save but sent the ball home.
The home team turned up the heat and even scored a goal with him Giannis Papanikolaou that was cancelled, she had more finals but could not find the goal that would have given her a great chance of qualifying.
The Greek midfielder struggled throughout the game, o Antonis Tiftsis stayed on the bench and Svarna Army was out of order.
at Ibrox, ranger and Eindhoven offered a hearty one 2-2 to the audience in Glasgow and everything will be judged in Holland in a week. The hosts took the lead through Abdallah Sima at the end of the first half, but the visitors, who had numerous chances, equalized in the 61st minute through Ibrahim Sangare.
The game was far from over and Raby Matodo gave Scotland the lead again in the 76th minute, but Dutch dominance turned into another equalizer from Luke de Jong in the 80th minute.
The results ofthe playoffs
FIRST GAMES
Path of Champions
- Antwerp (Belgium) – AEK (Greece) 1:0 (16′ Jansen)
- Rakov (Poland) – Copenhagen (Denmark) 0-1 (9′ Rakovican)
- 08/23 22:00 O’clock Maccabi Haifa (Israel) – Young Boys (Switzerland)
- 08/23 22:00 O’clock Molde (Norway) – Galatasaray (Türkiye)
Path of the Non-Champions
- Rangers (Scotland) – Eindhoven (Netherlands) 2-2 (45′ Sima, 76′ Matondo / 61′ Shangare, 80′ De Jong)
- 08/23 22:00 O’clock Braga (Portugal) – Panathinaikos (Greece)
SECOND GAMES
Path of Champions
- 08/29 22:00 O’clock Young Boys (Switzerland) – Maccabi Haifa (Israel)
- 08/29 22:00 O’clock Galatasaray (Türkiye) – Molde (Norway)
- 08/30 22:00 O’clock AEK (Greece) – Antwerp, Belgium)
- 08/30 22:00 O’clock Copenhagen, Denmark) – Rakov (Poland)
Path of the Non-Champions
- 08/29 22:00 O’clock Panathinaikos (Greece) – Braga (Portugal)
- 08/30 22:00 O’clock Eindhoven (Netherlands) – Rangers (Scotland)
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Real Madrid’s French forward Kylian Mbappe He became the top scorer of the Champions League in 2025.
The 27-year-old striker has 14 goals.
Inter’s Lautaro Martinez is in second place with 12 goals.
Third place in the summary rankings for 2025 was taken by Bayern’s Harry Kane (scored 11 goals).
Champions League’s top scorers in 2025
- 14 – Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid)
- 12 – Lautaro Martinez (Inter)
- 11-Harry Kane (Bayern)
- 10 – Serou Guirassi (Borussia)
- 9-Ousmane Dembele (PSG)
- 9 – Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
- 9 – Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray)
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Former coach of Dynamo Kiev Alexander Showkovsky He should have been sacked in August after a poor performance in the Champions League qualifiers.
The blue-whites, who lost twice to Cypriot Paphos in the 3rd round of the European Cup (0:1 and 0:2), were relegated to the Europa League and then promoted to the Conference League.
“I know that Dinamo management believes that a change of coach could and should be made in the summer, after they lost to Paphos in the Champions League qualifiers.
Then an opportunity arose. But the necessary candidate was not available,” the source said.
Due to the lack of alternatives, the president of the Kiev club decided to leave Shovkovsky as head coach, but in November the Ukrainian specialist was nevertheless fired and left Dynamo.
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We continue to examine the future of Donetsk shakhtar To buy tickets directly to the main stage Champions League 2026/27.
This will be possible if the place reserved for the team that wins the Champions League trophy is redistributed.
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Donetsk Miner They are in fourth place with a coefficient of 50.250 among the clubs competing for a possible position at the heart of the Champions League.
In the last European week, the Donetsk club added +2.625 points. This increase was achieved with a 0-0 draw with Croatian Rijeka in the 6th round of the Conference League and a sixth place in the main round final table.
Main rival Greek Olympiacos – 56,500 points remaining. The Miners can regain the 6,250-point lead if they perform well in the spring part of the European Cups.
It is interesting that Shakhtar lost the first place in the UPL (Cherkasy has the same number of points as LNZ – 35 points each), and Olympiacos lost the lead in Greece to the AEK team (36 points against 37). Ukrainian striker Roman Yaremchuk plays for the team of the city of Piraeus.
Positions rangers (59,250), 4th in Scotland and Copenhagen (53.375), placed 5th in Denmark, looks less competitive in the rankings due to its position in the national championships. Leader only in championships Dinamo Zagreb And RB Salzburg (44,000 each) but there is no certainty that the turn will come.
Let us remind you that if the cup holder buys a ticket to the Champions League through the national championship, there will be a vacancy in the main squad in the 2026/27 Champions League. In this case, a balance will arise again and if Shakhtar wins the UPL and is ahead of Olympiacos in the UEFA club rankings (or the Greek club does not become the champion of Greece), it can get a direct ticket to the base of the Champions League.
If the Piraeus team is higher in the rankings and takes advantage of the available space, the Donetsk club will start from the 4th quarter of the Champions League, not the 2nd quarter, in case they win in the UPL.
Candidates for direct tickets to the Champions League 2026/27 main stage
(In case the quota reserved for the Champions League champion becomes vacant)
UEFA Club Rankings 2026
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