2023-08-15 21:56:15
The third preliminary round of the Champions League almost ended on Tuesday evening with the qualifications of PSV or Galatasaray while Marseille were eliminated.
After losing 1-0 to Panathinaikos, Marseille thought they had done the hard part thanks to the double of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on Tuesday but a penalty awarded to the Greeks in added time sent the two teams into extra time. OM then thought of qualifying thanks to the goal of vitinha but it was called off for an offside position. On penalties, the Greeks finally emerged and joined Braga in the play-offs.
PSV ensured by winning 1-3 on the lawn of Sturm Graz following winning the first leg 4-1. The Belgians Johan Bakayoko et Yorbe Vertessen played a good part of the match, 61 and 86 minutes respectively. In the play-offs, the Dutch club will have to eliminate Rangers from Nicolas Raskin who shared 1-1 on the lawn of Servette, Genk scorer in the previous round, following winning 2-1 in the first leg. The former Standard player played the entire game.
After winning 0-4 in the first leg, Galatasaray quietly got the job done by winning 1-at home once morest Ljubljana as Dries Mertens played the first half. The Istanbul club will face Norway’s Molde in a play-off who shattered the unlikely dream of Faroe Islands club KÍ Klaksvík, who gave up in extra time.
We also note the qualification of Copenhagen once morest Sparta Prague following a penalty shootout and a crazy meeting (3-3). The Danes will be opposed to the Poles of Racow in the play-offs. Braga will also be there and is waiting to find out who from Marseille or Panathinaikos will be his opponent.
Already in the play-offs, Antwerp had their sights set on the encounter between Dinamo Zagreb and AEK Athens as they face one of these two formations in the next round. And it was AEK who won 1-2 in Croatia in the first leg, played only on Tuesday following the incidents of last week. The return match will be played on Saturday.
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