Qualification lead for his League Stage Champions League took on Tuesday night (20/8) the hosts of their first games Playoffs.
First of all, the clear lead belongs to Dinamo Zagrebwhich prevailed 3-0 welcoming her Karabagh.
A score… magical picture. And that’s because the Croatians may have been clearly superior in the first half, which they capitalized on in the 29th minute with a two-time effort by Piazza, however, in the second half, things went downhill. The Azeris closed them in their frames and “shot” them with a goal post (Dinamo had of course earlier and also in the final, both with Baturina). However, when it seemed only a matter of time before Sergej Yakirovic’s team would accept the equaliser, the newly arrived Kulenovic came to “score” twice, scoring in the 75′ and 80′, to lay huge foundations in favor of Dinamo in view of the rematch.
At the same time in France, Lil defeated 2-0 the Slavia Prague of the basic Christou Zafeirisfinding the net twice in the second half. David and Zergova are great protagonists. The former opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. In the 77th minute, he participated in a tremendous team collaboration, providing the assist to his teammate who – being the leader of the field – ended the phase perfectly with a great dribble and a pass. In a game where the guests had their phases in the second half, but without scoring.
Finally in Norway Bodo/Glimt prevailed 2-1 of Red Star. The home team had a… opportunity party in the first half. Nevertheless, they found the goals in the second, with Björtuft’s header (52′) and Maata’s substitute (62′). Since then, Vladan Milojevic’s team – as well as the respective visitors in the other matches – increased their pace. In fact, in contrast to the rest, they managed to find the net, in the 75th minute, with the sweet execution of a foul by the former Olympiakos midfielder, In-Beom Hwang, and the promotion of Mimovic.
In detail, the schedule of the first games of the Playoffs:
Tuesday (20/8)
Lille-Slavia Prague 2-0
(52′ David, 77′ Zergova)
Bodo/Glimt – Red Star 2-1
(52′ Bjortuft, 62′ Maata – 75′ Mimovic)
Dinamo Zagreb-Karabakh 3-0
(29′ Piazza, 75′, 80′ Kulenovic)
Wednesday (21/8)
Young Boys-Galatasaray (22:00)
Dynamo Kyiv-Salzburg (22:00)
Malmo-Sparta Prague (22:00)
Midland-Slovan Bratislava (22:00)
Source: Sport Fm
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