Champions League
The flame of Panathinaikos’ glory days has been lit and is ready to ‘extinguish’ Braga in OAKA’s lava.
Panathinaikos welcomes Braga (29/08, 22:00) to the packed OAKA and aims to seal his return to the Champions League groups and will secure him an amount that can exceed 25 million euros!
In European OAKA, which may not (and never will) have the green aura of the Avenue, but has provided many great European nights at Clover since 1984.
That’s where Panathinaikos return tonight (29/08, 10:00 p.m., COSMOTESPORTS 2HD, Live by Sportish) after about 12 years in a European Cup match, aiming for another big upset and another win in the rematch with Braga for the playoffs and a prize-winning participation in the gold-bearing groups of the Champions League and an amount that can exceed 25 million euros!
The 2-1 first leg at the Estadio Municipal de Braga gives the Portuguese, who have had more European experience than the Greens in recent years, a small lead. But who said that the return of Panathinaikos (and) to the elite of European football would be paved with… rose petals?
However, the big challenge is for the Greens and Daniel Mancini’s goal in the 5th minute of injury time in the first leg kept the dream even ‘alive’. And the flame remains and will be ignited throughout the Panathinaikos organisation, along with a desire to return to the ranks of the top club competition for the first time in 13 years.
The same flame that led him to the big qualifiers against Dnipro and Marseille, the same flame that he will carry to the (brand new) OAKA pitch and the crowded platform of 62,000 friends of the “Cloverleaf” who feel, see , listen After the deep darkness of the past few years, the moment is approaching when the ‘shamrock’ of Europe will shine again and bring back its famous glory days.
Tonight’s game will be even more difficult, but the Greens are ready to give their all for a night that can make history for Panathinaikos and take them back to the Champions League stars.
With the same shudder with which the “green” fathers lived through the same nights in 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 and the fullness of time came for their children to live and feel. And this could be the first, very big victory of this version of Panathinaikos, which started from… zero 27 months ago and is now just one step away from the first big dream…
The open position at the head of the attack
The preparation of the “Greens” was completed on Monday afternoon (28 August) in the Olympic Stadium. The only problems were Yuri Lodingin, who is out due to a virus, but also Laszlo Kleinheisler, who is out at the Olympic Stadium because of a bruised rectus femoris muscle and was not on the list.
As for the starting line-up, one position is essentially ‘played’ compared to the previous match against Braga, with the in-form Fotis Ioannidis taking the role of Andraz Sporar’s main striker. The odds are mixed for both and the final decision will come just hours before tonight’s second leg.
From then on, the remaining ten are expected to keep their place in the starting lineup as Brignoli, Vagiannidis, Jedvai, Magnuson, Huancar, Ruben, Vilena, Palacios, Djuricic and Mancini are all set to start in the ‘green’ lineup. high.
The team for the rematch announced by Ivan Jovanovic on Monday afternoon (28/8) consists of: Brignoli, Xenopoulos, Lilo, Vagiannidis, Kotsiras, Huancar, Mladenovic, Jedvai, Magnuson, Schenkefeld, Sideras, Ruben, Arao, Vilena, Cerin, Bernard, Djuricic, Palacios, Mancini, Aitor, Verbic, Sporar and Ioannidis.
Elite referee Daniele Orsato of Italy has been appointed as referee by UEFA with the help of Ciro Carbone’s compatriot Alessandro Gialatini and 4th referee Marco di Bello. Italy’s Paolo Valeri will serve as VAR and Eugenio Abatista as AVAR.
Source: Sport 24
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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.
Source: Sport UA
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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)
UEFA Club Rankings 2026
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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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