Wednesday evening, the play-offs were to deliver the last three teams qualified for the group stage of the Champions League. Rangers overthrew PSV (0-1), and are accompanying FC Copenhagen, which resisted the return of Trabzonspor (0-0), to the draw which will take place on Thursday evening. The Croats of Dinamo Zagreb climbed into the group stage by taking out the Norwegians of Bodo / Glimt following extra time. In the poster of the evening, PSV lost once morest Glasgow Rangers, 0-1, following the draw of the first leg (2-2). The Scots, who defeated Union Saint-Gilloise in the previous round, were able to rely on a goal from Colak (60th) to win the double confrontation and fly to the group stage. In the absence of Yorbe Vertessen, still recovering from his appendix operation at the end of July, Johan Bakayoko was on the Dutch sideline but he did not get on the game.
Turkey’s Trabzonspor, meanwhile, failed to recover from a 2-1 first leg loss in the Danish capital, drawing 0-0 at home once morest FC Copenhagen. The Danish champions are therefore going to the Champions League groups for the first time since the 2016-2017 season.
Dinamo Zagreb meanwhile ended the Norwegians Bodo/Glimt’s dreams of a first Champions League appearance. Victorious in the first leg 1-0, the club from northern Norway lost in the Croatian capital following extra time (4-1 ap)
Mislav Orsic opened the scoring in the 4th minute with a left shot under the bar. Bruno Petkovic doubled the lead with a superb acrobatic control-return sequence in the 35th minute. Albert Gronbaek, scorer in the 70th minute, sent his team into overtime, but the Norwegians cracked, conceding goals from Josip Drmic (117th) and Petar Bockaj (120th).
Rangers, FC Copenhagen and Dinamo Zageb thus join Benfica, Maccabi Haifa and Plzen as teams qualified via the play-offs for the group stage of the Champions League. These six clubs are the latest teams added to the draw which will take place on Thursday evening at 6 p.m. in Istanbul. Trabzonspor and PSV will compete in the Europa League.
Dinamo Zagreb meanwhile ended the Norwegians Bodo/Glimt’s dreams of a first Champions League appearance. Victorious in the first leg 1-0, the club from northern Norway lost in the Croatian capital following extra time (4-1 ap)
Mislav Orsic opened the scoring in the 4th minute with a left shot under the bar. Bruno Petkovic doubled the lead with a superb acrobatic control-return sequence in the 35th minute. Albert Gronbaek, scorer in the 70th minute, sent his team into overtime, but the Norwegians cracked, conceding goals from Josip Drmic (117th) and Petar Bockaj (120th).
Rangers, Copenhagen and Dinamo accompany Benfica Lisbon, Maccabi Haifa and Viktoria Plzen who won their ticket to the queen competition of European football on Tuesday.
The losers of the play-offs will be donated to the Europa League.
