Champions League
Panathinaikos’ journey to the stars ends in Braga: up to two line-up changes
Panathinaikos will be performing both tonight (Wednesday, August 23, 10:00 p.m.) at the Estadio Municipal de Braga and in six days at OAKA (Aug. 29, 10:00 p.m.), 11 years after his last appearance at the Estadio Municipal de Braga”, the Champions League playoffs shake the record. There are likely to be two changes in the eleven in Marseille compared to the “Thriller” game last Tuesday (15 August) against Marseille.
Tonight (Wednesday, August 23, 10:00 p.m., COSMOTE SPORT 2 HD – MEGA), Panathinaikos will shake a leaf in front of his mouth (because that’s how the playoff ritual dictates it). And LIVE from the Sportish Match Center) in the “Estadio Municipal de Braga” and in six days in the OAKA (29.8., 10:00 p.m.), 11 years after his last appearance in the playoffs Champions League.
.However, the ‘Greens’, eliminated in the qualifiers against Dnipro and Marseille (also) want to enjoy the ‘nectar’ of being back in the groups of the top club competition for the first time since the 2010/11 season.
Panathinaikos’ voyage to the stars has Braga as its last (away) stop while the ‘Clover’ searches for another breakthrough in a journey that began modestly on July 25 in Kozice and ended with great difficulty, but as far as they go Portugal had a worthy performance.
Against him this time, Panathinaikos won’t have a group of stars that haven’t (yet) become a team like Marseille with a budget of €240m, but a team that has learned to play together in the truest sense of the word over the years.
The presence of the “Greens” in the playoffs of the Champions League has already brought a hefty bonus of 5 million euros, regardless of the course of the matches with Braga, participation in the group stage of the Europa League is already guaranteed (from the first qualification on Dnipro), but the big goal and the overcoming is for Panathinaikos in front of the door.
The ‘Clover’ are looking for another ‘big’ game to secure a result that boosts hopes of qualifying for the ‘golden’ and shiny groups of the Champions League ahead of Tuesday’s (29/8) second leg at OAKA.
The finishing touches to the preparation of the greens came on Tuesday evening (22/8) with on-pitch training for the game, with Ivan Jovanovic now having more starting line-up as he was ‘made’ into the starting XI by the Europe nominated and newly signed Willian Arao, while Bart Senkefeld (replacing Eric Palmer-Brown) was returning from the muscle injury that kept him out of the second leg against Dnipro.
Up to two lineup changes
There are likely to be two changes in the eleven compared to last Tuesday’s (15/8) “Thriller” game against Marseille in Marseille, as Fotis Ioannidis and “Toukou” Palasios claim the places of Andraz Sporar and Benjamin Verbich.
From then on Alberto Brignoli, Giorgos Vagiannidis, Tin Gedvai, Hordur Magnuson, Juancar, Ruben Perez, Tony Villena, Filip Djuricic and Daniel Mancini have the first word for the XI.
The “green” team for the first game against Braga consists of: Brignoli, Lodingin, Xenopoulos, Vaiannidis, Kotsiras, Huancar, Mladenovic, Schenkefeld, Jedvai, Magnuson, Ruben, Arao, Vilena, Cerin, Bernard, Djuricic, Mancini, Palasios, Verbits, Aitor, Sporar and Ioannidis.
Elite Felix Zweier of Germany was named referee of the match by UEFA, joined by his compatriots Stefan Lupp, Robert Kempter and Germany’s Daniel Schlager. Christian Diegert (Germany) will serve as VAR and Benjamin Brandt as AVAR.
Source: Sport 24
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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.
All important moments of the match are available in LIVE mode Telegram Sport.ua
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)
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Source: Sport UA
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Champions League
Pedri commented on the new format of the Champions League: An unexpected look from a football player
Barcelona midfielder pedri He answered the question about his attitude towards the new format of the Champions League with the general group stage.
“Do I like the new format of the Champions League? I can’t say with 100% certainty which format I like more: this one or the previous one?”
If I have to choose, I will do something new: There were more matches between strong teams in the first stage,” said Pedri, as quoted by Esquire.
Before the 2024/2025 season, the group stage of the Champions League consisted of eight groups of four clubs each. All participants played six matches in their respective foursomes, home and away, against each of the three opponents.
From the 2024/2025 season, a new Champions League format comes into force with a common group stage of 36 clubs; each participant plays eight matches, four away and four at home; The opponents are determined by lot.”
Source: Sport UA
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Earlier, English Manchester City played a match against French Monaco in a new round of the UEFA Champions League.
After the match, the head coach of the “Locals” Pep Guardiola commented on the performance of the powerful team.
“In football you can always perform better – and this is the result. Our game today was very good in many ways. And step by step we will improve our results.”
Ale mi gave many speeches today in the right way. We created many scoring opportunities and found Phil Foden active in the first half. Most Gravians played at a fairly high level.
Previously, they did not let their opponents create anything, but created the chances themselves. We adapted very well to the superniks and played very well. This is my opinion.
If you get a good match on the right side, of course you have to… Today we got a great ball, that’s all I can tell you right away.
Holland? It’s really good. He plays to score goals. He struggled with three centre-backs and two supporting defenders in front of him, and it wasn’t easy for his partners to know that. Ale, we can work hard to score goals.
Tse bula spravdi garna gra. We created a lot of chances, but unfortunately in the end we didn’t defend perfectly against a free kick, which would have been quite a few, and we conceded a penalty, which was awarded when the ball hit the first one… well, that’s it.
Referee? “I have nothing to say to the Spanish referees,” said the Spanish footballer.
In the coming round, English Manchester City will visit Spanish Villarreal.
Source: Football UA
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