Second, and second-to-last season in the current setup. https://kassiesa.net/uefa/files/2021-24-uefa-club-competitions-scheme.png
Draw for Champions League Preliminary Round
* = seeded team
Semifinals (June 21, Reykjav|!k)
1 FCI Levadia (EST)* v V|!kingur (ISL)
2 SP La Fiorita (SMR)* v Inter Club d'Escaldes (AND)
Final (June 24, Reykjav|!k)
Winner 2 v Winner 1
While Flora managed to be the first Estonian team in a European groupPointless? Not at all. Any one of these teams could go on to win the Champions League.
phase and managed to eke out a win against Partizan Belgrade and draw
twice against Anorthosis Famagusta, at the same time back in December
2021 they lost the Estonian title to their city rivals on the last matchday.
So it's Levadia who have the privilege to have to travel to Iceland for this honestly speaking rather pointless mini-tournament.
On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 10:08:45 PM UTC+1, Werner Pichler wrote:
Second, and second-to-last season in the current setup. https://kassiesa.net/uefa/files/2021-24-uefa-club-competitions-scheme.png
Draw for Champions League Preliminary Round
* = seeded team
Semifinals (June 21, Reykjav|!k)
1 FCI Levadia (EST)* v V|!kingur (ISL)
2 SP La Fiorita (SMR)* v Inter Club d'Escaldes (AND)
Final (June 24, Reykjav|!k)
Winner 2 v Winner 1
Of course, that's not the problem. But they could integrate these four teams into the normalWhile Flora managed to be the first Estonian team in a European group phase and managed to eke out a win against Partizan Belgrade and draw twice against Anorthosis Famagusta, at the same time back in December
2021 they lost the Estonian title to their city rivals on the last matchday.
So it's Levadia who have the privilege to have to travel to Iceland for this
honestly speaking rather pointless mini-tournament.
Pointless? Not at all. Any one of these teams could go on to win the Champions League.
Second, and second-to-last season in the current setup. https://kassiesa.net/uefa/files/2021-24-uefa-club-competitions-scheme.png
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Champions League Preliminary Round Semifinals
* = seeded team
Teams in CAPITALS go through
It might have been the longest day of the year, with sunset in Reykjav|!k just after midnight and sunrise
just before 3 a.m., but there was no trace of warm sunlight streaming into V|!kingsv||llur stadium
as those four teams played their matches in cold and drizzling rain.
SP La Fiorita (SMR)* v INTER CLUB D'ESCALDES (AND) 1-2 (1-0)
(Rinaldi 45'+2; Soldevila 55', 66')
La Fiorita scored the first goal of this year's Champions League, but it remains kind
of a usual story for Sammarinese clubs - unlike all the other minnows, who manage
upsets from time to time, they never quite get there.
BTW I kind of wonder what effect it will have on Andorran football that FC Andorra (owned
by Gerard Piqu|-, and for decades part of the Spanish league system) this year got promoted
to Segunda Divisi||n for the first time in their history. But considering that they don't
have a single Andorran player in their squad, it probably won't change much.
FCI Levadia (EST)* v KS V|iKINGUR (ISL) 1-6 (1-3)
(Beglarishvili 5' (pen); McLagan 10', K.M. Ingason 27', Sigur|#sson 45'+1, Hansen 49',
Gu|#j||nsson 71', Magn||sson 77')
Huh, so I guess Iceland really don't want to stay in the bottom four. And they probably also
dealt best with the conditions, being on home turf. A US Boy and a Dane were among
the Viking goalscorers, and Kristall M|ini's (translates as Crystal Moon - Kristall has been
officially approved as an Icelandic boys' name since 2002, the internet tells me) goal
was probably the nicest: https://gfycat.com/ordinarypeskycentipede
Weather's supposed to be a little better on Friday.Champions League Preliminary Round Final
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Second, and second-to-last season in the current setup. https://kassiesa.net/uefa/files/2021-24-uefa-club-competitions-scheme.png
Malm% FF (SWE) v FK AALGIRIS (LTU) 0-2 (0-0), 0-3 on aggregate
(Oyewusi 34', Renan Oliveira 52'; Red Card: Christiansen (Mal) 78')
Seriously, what's wrong with Malm%? Fully deserved win for Aalgiris who extended
the aggregate lead when their Nigerian striker Mathias Oyewusi raced clear on >the break; Brazilian in the East Renan Oliveira tapped in from close range to >put the result out of reach; and a little bit of Lithuanian shithousery made >Anders Christiansen lose his nerve and the Malm% captain got himself sent off >with a second booking.
First ever European group phase for a Lithuanian team. Eleven associations >left who've never been: San Marino, Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands, Andorra, >Iceland, Malta, Montenegro, Kosovo, Northern Ireland, Wales, and Bosnia- >Herzegovina.
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Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round, 2nd legSecond, and second-to-last season in the current setup. https://kassiesa.net/uefa/files/2021-24-uefa-club-competitions-scheme.png
Teams in CAPITALS (except HJK) through to CLQ3, losers go to ELQ3
* = seeded team
July 26
Champions Path
FC VIKTORIA PLZE+c (CZE)* v HJK (FIN) 5-0 (3-0), 7-1 on aggregate
(Pernica 11', S|+kora 21', 73', Hejda 31', Kliment 84')
A strong performance by the Czechs who didn't give HJK even the ghost of a chance. Lud-ck Pernica headed in Luk|i+i Kalvach's inswinging free-kick; Jan S|+kora
volleyed in a loose ball from the edge of the area; Viktorka's captain and veteran defender Luk|i+i Hejda likewise tapped in an inswinging free-kick; S|+kora
punished more terrible Finnish defending by sweeping in Milan Havel's feed: https://gfycat.com/DrearyTenderBobcat and finally Jan Kliment headed in yet another cross.
FC SHERIFF (MDA)* v NK Maribor (SLO) 1-0 (0-0), 1-0 on aggregate
(Yansan|- 88')
Guinean forward Momo Yansan|-, one of the few survivors in Sheriff's squad from
last season, got the only goal of the tie by poking in a free-kick by Burkinab|-
international Abou Ouattara (one of the mostly African new guys) that Maribor's
defence had failed to clear: https://gfycat.com/shockedfearlessleafcutterant
F91 Diddeleng (LUX) v FC PYUNIK (ARM)* 1-4 (1-1), 2-4 on aggregate
(Hassan 21'; Juninho 24', Juri-ii-c 54', 85', Otubanjo 76')
Things looked good for the Luxembourgers when in an absolutely brilliant move
Mohcine Hassan Nader headed in his own mishit volley: https://juststream.live/ConciergeNecksSexes Pyunik had been completely harmless
in both matches up to that point, but a bit like their namesake ('pyunik' means
'phoenix' in Armenian) they came back out of nowhere when their Serbian winger
Uro+i Nenadovi-c headed a cross back across goal and Brazilian in the East Juninho
was at hand to nod in: https://gfycat.com/thisthreadbarecomet A bad mistake by
D|+delingen's centre-back Aldin Skenderovi-c allowed Nenadovi-c's Bosnian substitute Luka Juri-ii-c, newly arrived in Armenia from a stint in South Korea's
second division, to level the overall score: https://gfycat.com/braverevolvingicelandgull and the Luxembourgers freely continued to beat themselves - first a dreadful back pass by their French defender Jules Diouf ended up at the feet of Yusuf Otubanjo - incidentally one
of the few Salzburg prospects brought in by Ralf Rangnick that never worked out
at all - and the Nigerian striker left D|+delingen's young keeper Lucas Fox no
chance to give the Armenians the overall lead: https://gfycat.com/VeneratedWellinformedAmphiuma
and then Fox gifted Pyunik the fourth himself: https://gfycat.com/CoolFeistyDobermanpinscher
The second year in a row that Armenia manage to send a team to a European group
stage.
KF Shkupi (MKD) v GNK DINAMO ZAGREB (CRO)* 0-1 (0-0), 2-3 on aggregate (Ademi 47')
Last year's surprising exit against Sheriff notwithstanding - when the stats of
a CL qualifier look even, you can still be reasonably sure that it will be Dinamo who will go through in the end. One moment of brilliance by Luka Menalo
who found Arijan Ademi unmarked in the box was enough for the Croatian qualifying machine.
Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL) v PFC LUDOGORETS RAZGRAD (BUL)* 2-1 (0-0), 2-4 on aggregate
(Greene 21', Emakhu 88'; Cauly 90'+1; Red Card: Show (Lud) 51')
The trip to Ireland looked like a mere formality for the Bulgarian champions but late on became a very nervous affair indeed. Aaron Greene tapped in the rebound after Ludogorets's Dutch keeper Sergio Padt had parried a header by Aston Villa youth product Graham Burke; Angolan midfielder Manuel Cafumana, nicknamed Show, was sent off with a second booking to reduce the Bulgarians to
ten men; and two young substitutes combined for Rovers's second as Aidomo Emakhu
converted Neil Farrugia's through ball: https://gfycat.com/untidyrecentdunlin
But while the Irish champions were chasing the goal that would carry the tie to
extra time Ludogorets caught them on the break and Cauly finished off a one-two
with fellow Brazilian Igor Thiago.
League Path
AEK Larnaca FC (CYP) v FC MIDTJYLLAND (DEN)* 1-1 aet (1-1, 1-1), 2-2 on aggregate, Midtjylland win 4-3 on penalties
(Olatunji 9'; Dalsgaard 12')
The Cypriots took a rather surprising early lead thanks to Victor Olatunji's perfectly placed header from Frenchman Imad Faraj's cross: https://gfycat.com/satisfiedillustriousiberianchiffchaff but FCM immediately equalised when Henrik Dalsgaard likewise headed in a corner kick. Both sides subsequently had their opportunities - albeit not a lot of them - and a somewhat
miscued shot by Midtjylland forward Gustav Isaksen clipped the crossbar. In extra time it was the Danes that rode their luck when four minutes from the end
a shot by the Israeli substitute Omri Altman was deflected onto the post, and in
the shoot-out it was ironically Altman who sent the first penalty against the
crossbar. Sory Kaba could have won it for Midtjylland but gave the Cypriots a
lifeline with a weak spot kick that was saved by AEK's new Bosnian keeper Kenan
Piri-c, but immediately afterwards Portuguese midfielder Lu|!s Gustavo (not to be
confused with a certain mustachioed Brazilian that used to play for Bayern) sent
his penalty against the right post and the Danes into the next round.
July 27
Champions Path
FK BOD|y/GLIMT (NOR)* v Linfield FC (NIR) 8-0 (4-0), 8-1 on aggregate (Vetlesen 7', Boniface 21' (pen), Pellegrino 25', 54' (pen), Saltnes 29', Espejord 52', 88', Sampsted 73'; Red Card: Millar (Lin) 21')
Yeah, so as expected Bod|+ narrowly managed to turn this tie around at home. Linfield's first-leg hero Kirk Millar got himself sent off for doing a Su|irez on
his goal line, and one man down the Northern Irish completely fell apart. Amahl
Pellegrino's first goal was the nicest: https://gfycat.com/embarrassedidealasianlion
FC Z|+rich (SUI) v QARABA-R FK (AZE)* 2-2 aet (1-0, 2-1), 4-5 on aggregate (Medvedev 4' (og), Santini 90'+5; Kady 56', Owusu 98')
Already early on Qaraba-f captain Maksim Medvedev helped FCZ's toothless attack
out by steering Fabian Rohner's cross into his own net: https://gfycat.com/naivecheapkronosaurus Overall the Azeri were the better team
though and they got the deserved equaliser when a cross pinballed around in the
Z|+rich box and Qaraba-f's usual main threat Kady was left with a simple finish:
https://gfycat.com/rapidmellowchevrotain If Away Goal Rule were still a thing
Ivan Santini's 95th-minute header that beat Qaraba-f keeper M+Oh+Omm+Od+Oliyev at
the third attempt: https://gfycat.com/allwateryamberpenshell would have won it
for the Swiss, and dominated the headlines since it looked borderline off-side,
but instead the game went to extra time where Qaraba-f got the deserved aggregate
winner when Abdellah Zoubir and Owusu carved the Swiss defence open on the break, and the Ghanese striker beat FCZ keeper Brecher with a sumptous shot: https://gfycat.com/happyhotbillygoat
It used to be - five to ten years ago - that a team managed by Franco Foda would
play a terribly unattractive style of football but somehow grind out results,
which the critics grudgingly acknowledged. He appears to have completely lost
that touch though - with the Austrian NT as well as with the Swiss Champions -
and now all that remains is the unattractive football. I'm curious how long he'll survive in Zurich.
Malm|| FF (SWE) v FK ++ALGIRIS (LTU) 0-2 (0-0), 0-3 on aggregate
(Oyewusi 34', Renan Oliveira 52'; Red Card: Christiansen (Mal) 78')
Seriously, what's wrong with Malm||? Fully deserved win for ++algiris who extended
the aggregate lead when their Nigerian striker Mathias Oyewusi raced clear on
the break; Brazilian in the East Renan Oliveira tapped in from close range to
put the result out of reach; and a little bit of Lithuanian shithousery made Anders Christiansen lose his nerve and the Malm|| captain got himself sent off
with a second booking.
First ever European group phase for a Lithuanian team. Eleven associations left who've never been: San Marino, Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands, Andorra, Iceland, Malta, Montenegro, Kosovo, Northern Ireland, Wales, and Bosnia- Herzegovina.
+aK Slovan Bratislava (SLK) v FERENCV|UROSI TC (HUN)* 1-4 (0-2), 3-5 on aggregate
(De Marco 70'; Boli 20', Zachariassen 31', Traor|- 89', La|>douni 90'+5)
Ferencv|iros just needed half an hour to overcome their first-leg home defeat -
Franck Boli tapped in Eldar -aivi-c's cross: https://gfycat.com/WeightyOilyCoral
and Kristoffer Zachariassen reacted quickly to deflect Samy Mmaee's shot into
the net: https://gfycat.com/melodicelasticaquaticleech Slovan had their chances,
too, though and they levelled the overall score when Vernon De Marco headed in
a corner kick. The match was on the razor's edge at this point, but it was Adama
Traor|-, last season winner over Real Madrid with Sheriff Tiraspol, who got the
decisive touch of the game when he slid into right-back Endre Botka's cross: https://gfycat.com/whoppingwavybasenji With Slovan chasing a goal, very late on
Tunisian international A|>ssa La|>douni added a fourth on the break.
Olympiacos FC (GRE)* v MACCABI HAIFA FC (ISR) 0-4 (0-1), 1-5 on aggregate (Chery 5', Pierrot 61', 65', Abu Fani 87')
Ouch. Oh well, I guess Marinakis still has Nottingham Forest.
I've already noticed Tjaronn Chery's penchant for scoring spectacular goals in
the past, and his early free-kick continued the theme: https://gfycat.com/complicatedwiltedchafer although Olympiacos keeper Vacl|!k
should perhaps have been able to do better. There was then the rarity of a Haitian international scoring a brace in a European tie as Frantzdy Pierrot headed in crosses by Dolev Haziza and Frenchman Pierre Cornud, and late on Mohammad Abu Fani finished the rout with a precise shot into the bottom far corner.
League Path
Fenerbah|oe SK (TUR) v FC DYNAMO KYIV (UKR)* 1-2 aet (0-0, 1-1), 1-2 on aggregate
(Szalai 89'; Buyalskiy 57', Karavayev 114'; Red Card: Y|+ksek (Fen) 53')
Fenerbah|oe had more of the game and the better chances including a shot against
the woodwork by -#rfan Kahveci, but things began to go badly for them when -#smail
Y|+ksek was sent off with a second booking and just four minutes later Tomasz
K-Odziora schooled Dutch-Turkish wingback Ferdi Kad-#o-flu and centred for Vitaliy
Buyalskyi to tap in: https://gfycat.com/unrulythoughtfuldipper Things went from
bad to worse for Fener as Enner Valencia was awarded a penalty but saw his spot
kick saved by Bushchan: https://gfycat.com/ChubbyWildKoodoo but Dynamo's keeper
looked far less convincing one minute from time when he flapped at a corner kick
and Attila Szalai, many years ago deemed surplus to requirements by Rapid Vienna
in quite an error of judgement, headed Fenerbah|oe into extra time. Somewhat surprisingly, the Ukrainians were the far more dangerous team from that point
on, and while Illya Zabarnyi's header only grazed the outside of the post, Oleksandr Karavayev, who once flopped at Fenerbah|oe as a loanee, got the deserved winning goal by firing in youngster Kostyantyn Vivcharenko's cross at
the far post: https://gfycat.com/plasticthisgreatwhiteshark
After Dynamo had scored the Fenerbah|oe fans started chanting Putin's name, and
Dynamo coach Lucescu refused to attend the post-match press conference in return. I have to admit I'm really quite glad that my team Sturm Graz are now
playing the Ukrainians instead. The Turkish flood that had already begun to pour
into our social media channels has also been stopped short.
It's been fourteen years now that Fener last played in the Champions League group stages. Wouldn't have guessed so myself.
Draw for Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round (August 2/3 and 9)
* = seeded team
Winners go to CLPO, Losers in the Champions Path go to ELPO, Losers in the League Path go to EL Group Phase
Champions PathThe Putin chants sounds like football fans being idiots as opposed to any genuine support for the Russian war effort or any prejudice against Ukrainian people. People are talking of Fener being banned but objectively I donrCOt see why chanting Putin is ban worthy but England fans chanting (and I quote) rCL I would rather be a Paki than a TurkrCY didnrCOt get England banned from Euro 2004.
Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)* v Apollon Limassol FC (CYP)
Qaraba-f FK (AZE)* v Ferencv|irosi TC (HUN)
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) v GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)*
FC Sheriff (MDA) v FC Viktoria Plze+e (CZE)*
FK Bod|+/Glimt (NOR) v FK ++algiris (LTU)*
FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB)* v FC Pyunik (ARM)
League Path
AS Monaco FC (FRA) v PSV (NED)*
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)* v SK Sturm Graz (AUT)
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL) v Rangers FC (SCO)*
SL Benfica (POR)* v FC Midtjylland (DEN)
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Werner
Quoting Werner Pichler in rec.sport.soccer:I'm feeling mischievous today. When was the last previous time Sweden was the worst of the Scandinavian countries (stricto sensu), both in club football and with the national team?
Malm|| FF (SWE) v FK ++ALGIRIS (LTU) 0-2 (0-0), 0-3 on aggregate
(Oyewusi 34', Renan Oliveira 52'; Red Card: Christiansen (Mal) 78')
Seriously, what's wrong with Malm||? Fully deserved win for ++algiris who extended
the aggregate lead when their Nigerian striker Mathias Oyewusi raced clear on
the break; Brazilian in the East Renan Oliveira tapped in from close range to
put the result out of reach; and a little bit of Lithuanian shithousery made
Anders Christiansen lose his nerve and the Malm|| captain got himself sent off
with a second booking.
First ever European group phase for a Lithuanian team. Eleven associations >left who've never been: San Marino, Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands, Andorra, >Iceland, Malta, Montenegro, Kosovo, Northern Ireland, Wales, and Bosnia- >Herzegovina.
Shit coach, apparently
31+ average age.
Mercenary players.
Quoting Werner Pichler in rec.sport.soccer:
Malm% FF (SWE) v FK AALGIRIS (LTU) 0-2 (0-0), 0-3 on aggregate
(Oyewusi 34', Renan Oliveira 52'; Red Card: Christiansen (Mal) 78')
Seriously, what's wrong with Malm%? Fully deserved win for Aalgiris who extended
the aggregate lead when their Nigerian striker Mathias Oyewusi raced clear on >>the break; Brazilian in the East Renan Oliveira tapped in from close range to >>put the result out of reach; and a little bit of Lithuanian shithousery made >>Anders Christiansen lose his nerve and the Malm% captain got himself sent off >>with a second booking.
First ever European group phase for a Lithuanian team. Eleven associations >>left who've never been: San Marino, Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands, Andorra, >>Iceland, Malta, Montenegro, Kosovo, Northern Ireland, Wales, and Bosnia- >>Herzegovina.
Shit coach, apparently
31+ average age.
Mercenary players.
I'm feeling mischievous today. When was the last previous time Sweden was the >worst of the Scandinavian countries (stricto sensu), both in club football and with the national team?
Quoting Werner Pichler in rec.sport.soccer:I'd say that's the minimum required to reduce the gap, or at least to not allow it to grow any wider.
I'm feeling mischievous today. When was the last previous time Sweden was the
worst of the Scandinavian countries (stricto sensu), both in club football and with the national team?
What about if AIK, Djurg|Nrden (and Malm|| FF) advance further?
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On Friday, July 29, 2022 at 9:52:48 AM UTC+2, anders t wrote:
Quoting Werner Pichler in rec.sport.soccer:
I'm feeling mischievous today. When was the last previous time Sweden was the
worst of the Scandinavian countries (stricto sensu), both in club football and with the national team?
What about if AIK, Djurgorden (and Malm% FF) advance further?
I'd say that's the minimum required to reduce the gap, or at least to not allow it to grow any wider.
The most important thing in UEFA's current setup is to get your teams to any European group phase
with its six guaranteed matches because that's where the majority of points is won. (and it's a
self-reinforcing feedback loop since you get more guaranteed places in a group stage the higher you
climb in the UEFA ranking).
Denmark already have three teams (FCM, FCK, and Silkeborg) at least in EL or ECL.
Norway have Bodo at least in ECL, and Molde would be seeded in the ECL playoffs.
Neither country has lost a starter yet.
None of that's true for Sweden.
In the current UEFA ranking, Norway are in 13th (up from 29th four years ago, and within a shout
of a guaranteed Champions League place) and Denmark are in 18th (with excellent prospects due
to their 18 guaranteed group stage matches).
Sweden are in 23rd.
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Second, and second-to-last season in the current setup.
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Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round, 1st leg
* = seeded team
August 2
Champions Path
FC Sheriff (MDA) v FC Viktoria Plze+e (CZE)* 1-2 (1-1)
(Rasheed 36' (pen); Chor|+ 41' (pen), Bucha 55')
Sheriff's new Ghanaian keeper Razak Abalora appears to be a bit of a wildcard -
he pulled off great saves to deny Pavel Bucha and Lud-ck Pernica, but he also comically ran into Milan Havel to give up a penalty: https://gfycat.com/mammothshadybluebreastedkookaburra (cancelling out an earlier
handball penalty for the Moldovans), and another awkward collision allowed Bucha
to score the winner: https://gfycat.com/tangibleconstantbluet Just before, Viktoria keeper Stan-ck had done much better at the other end to deflect a powerful free-kick by Sheriff's Brazilian winger Pernambuco against the crossbar.
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) v GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)* 1-2 (1-2)
(Tekpetey 22'; Peri-c 6', Padt 9' (og))
Less than ten minutes in and Dinamo were two up - Dino Peri-c held off two Bulgarian defenders to volley in from eleven metres: https://gfycat.com/defenselessfatherlyacaciarat and Robert Ljubi-ii-c, Dinamo's
new signing from Rapid Wien and younger brother of K||ln midfielder Dejan, sent
in a sharp cross that Ludogorets's Dutch keeper Sergio Padt awkwardly deflected
into his own net: https://gfycat.com/anotherwelcomeaidi Former Schalke hope Bernard Tekpetey reduced the deficit with a fierce drive from a tight angle that
beat Dinamo keeper Livakovi-c at his near post - not exactly the first time he's
looked shaky in this European campaign: https://gfycat.com/mellowthiskob Ludogorets hit the woodwork twice in the second half, but the equaliser eluded
them.
League Path
AS Monaco FC (FRA) v PSV (NED)* 1-1 (0-1)
(Disasi 80'; Veerman 38')
Luuk de Jong, back from Spain after three years, cleverly laid the ball off for
Joey Veerman, and the young midfielder rifled the ball in from the edge of the
area: https://gfycat.com/longdecenthoopoe Monaco got a deserved equaliser when
Youssouf Fofana headed on Ismail Jakobs's free-kick, and Axel Disasi reacted quickly to fire in from close range: https://gfycat.com/wideunconsciousbull
Last year in the Europa League group stages PSV also drew Monaco away, but lost
the home match.
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL) v Rangers FC (SCO)* 2-0 (1-0)
(Teuma 27', Vanzeir 76' (pen))
Union SG really are an unconventional team, what with their Luxembourg keeper and their Maltese captain Teddy Teuma, who scored his first ever international
goal with a blistering shot after the Scottish defence had forgotten about him
in the box: https://gfycat.com/mealylavishgrunion A very harsh handball penalty
gave the Belgian surprise package their second, but the Scots also escaped twice
more when Dante Vanzeir one-on-one with Jon McLaughlin was denied by Rangers' new number one keeper, and James Tavernier cleared a header by his English compatriot Christian Burgess off the Rangers goal line.
SL Benfica (POR)* v FC Midtjylland (DEN) 4-1 (3-0)
(Ramos 17', 33', 61', Fern|indez 40'; Sisto 78' (pen))
Great technical ability combined with Roger Schmidt's piranha pressing meant that poor Midtjylland didn't stand a chance - exactly one year after they had lost 0-3 at the same stage against PSV, back then coached by Roger Schmidt. The
first two goals were carbon copies of each other, with Benfica's new signing David Neres powering down the right wing and whipping in a cross that Gon|oalo
Ramos headed over the line. Another new arrival, Argentine midfielder Enzo Fern|indez, scored a brilliant third when he directly volleyed in Jo|uo M|irio's
corner kick: https://gfycat.com/jitterymatureaxolotl and Ramos completed his hat
trick by calmly controlling Rafa Silva's cross before firing past FCM keeper Olafsson. The Danes got a consolation goal when Paulinho was felled in the box
and Pione Sisto scored with a Panenka from the spot.
August 3
Champions Path
Qaraba-f FK (AZE)* v Ferencv|irosi TC (HUN) 1-1 (1-1)
(Owusu 34'; Boli 17')
In a very even game Ivorian forward Franck Boli nodded the Hungarian champions
into the lead following a chaotic goalmouth scramble: https://gfycat.com/feistyleangalapagosalbatross and at the other end it was Ghanaian striker Owusu who was the quickest to react after Fradi keeper Dibusz
had failed to hold on to Filip Ozobi-c's free-kick: https://gfycat.com/marriedbiodegradablebandicoot Both sides missed big chances
in the second half.
FK Bod|+/Glimt (NOR) v FK ++algiris (LTU)* 5-0 (2-0)
(Vetlesen 33' (pen), Pellegrino 36', Salvesen 58', H|+ibr|Nten 61',
Espejord 90'+3)
As if wanting to show Malm|| how it's done. A VAR penalty broke the deadlock, after which a Norwegian avalanche rolled over hapless Lithuanians. Amahl Pellegrino converted Bod|+ captain Ulrik Saltnes's through ball: https://gfycat.com/everlastingidealisticamericanbobtail Pellegrino provided the
assist for Lars-J|+rgen Salvesen's third, centre-half Marius H|+ibr|Nten headed in
Elias Kristoffersen Hagen's cross, and the substitute Runar Espejord completed
the rout in stoppage time with an emphatic shot into the near top corner: https://gfycat.com/DampFamousCob
It's noticeable how Bod|+/Glimt always appear to get their goals from a large variety of scorers. Also, that was their 12th European home win in a row.
Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)* v Apollon Limassol FC (CYP) 4-0 (1-0)
(Peybernes 38' (og), Mohamed 54', 62', Pierrot 79';
Red Card: Jovanovi-c (Apo) 60')
Frenchman Mathieu Peybernes, newly arrived on Cyprus after several years in the
Segunda Divisi||n, unluckily deflected Dolev Haziza's cross into his own net: https://gfycat.com/MeagerRequiredAphid Nigerien (not Nigerian) international Ali Mohamed got a brace by first volleying in Frantzdy Pierrot's great lay- off and then heading in Dean David's cross from the left wing. In between those
goals Apollon's Serbian defender Vuka+iin Jovanovi-c got sent off with two yellows, and Haiti international Pierrot got the fourth by likewise heading in a
cross from the left, this time Haziza's.
FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB)* v FC Pyunik (ARM) 5-0 (3-0)
(Bukari 29', 44', 70', Kangwa 33', Mitrovi-c 77'; Red Card: Rodi-c (Crv) 90')
The fourth easy home win in this round. Two of Red Star's new African signings
got on the scoresheet - Ghanaian winger Osman Bukari, formerly of Gent, got a hat trick with two goals on the break and one cross that turned into a shot beating Pyunik keeper Yurchenko at his near post: https://gfycat.com/unfoldedmarriedboa and Zambian international Kings Kangwa, previously in the Russian Premier League, headed in after Yurchenko had flapped
at a cross: https://gfycat.com/lastingcourteousbunting Serbian-Canadian Stefan
Mitrovi-c added the fifth with a nice solo run. Only Milan Rodi-c's late two bookings in two minutes were absolutely pointless. Or he didn't fancy a trip to
Armenia.
League Path
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)* v SK Sturm Graz (AUT) 1-0 (1-0)
(Karavayev 28')
Played in +U||d+| again. Following a convincing win over Salzburg in the league a
certain optimism reigned among the Sturm faithful, and the Austrians indeed started the match quite brightly, but young Danish striker Rasmus H|+jlund, who
within just half a year has very much endeared himself to us Sturm fans as a kind of budget Haaland, and has already been rumoured to leave again this summer
for a hefty transfer fee, showed his commitment to the club by wasting two excellent early opportunities in a way that will make every potential buyer think twice. At the other end Dynamo several times broke through on the wings far too easily, and on one such occasion left-back Vladyslav Dubinchak delivered
an outswinging cross which Oleksandr Karavayev met with a perfect volley that left Sturm keeper Siebenhandl no chance: https://gfycat.com/thankfulkaleidoscopicangwantibo This took the wind out of Sturm's sails completely, and in a rather poor second half Dynamo handled their
pressing efforts with ease, but since the Ukrainians' counter-attacking attempts
were also a bit lacking the result still leaves Sturm with everything to play for in the home leg. But we'd need to improve a lot for that.
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