BL: For the first time in eleven years, Benfica will not be on the main board



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After eleven years, Benfica is trailing the Champions League main table, which was knocked out 2-1 by Greek championship silver medalist PAOK in the third round of qualifying on Tuesday. In addition to the Thessaloniki squad, Dynamo Kiev and Ghent, who played against László Bölöni on Monday, also advanced.


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PAOK counterattack Benfica for the defeat two years ago (Photo: AFP)
AJAX WILL BE SECOND HAT

With the elimination of Benfica, it became clear that Ajax From the second hat, you will expect a draw for the Champions League group stage, so you certainly will not meet FC Barcelona, ​​Atlético de Madrid, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund and Manchester’s two star teams, United and City, for example.

POSITION OF THE FIRST TWO HATS OF THE BL GROUP
Fish 1:
Real Madrid (Spanish), Liverpool (English), Juventus (Italian), Bayern Munich (German), Paris SG (French), Zenit (Russian), FC Porto (Portuguese), Sevilla (Spanish)
2. fish: FC Barcelona (Spanish), Atlético de Madrid (Spanish), Manchester City (English), Manchester United (English), Sahtar Doneck (Ukrainian), Borussia Dortmund (German), Chelsea (English), Ajax (Dutch)

A Benfica has fought for the right to be at the head table of the most prestigious European Cup series every year since the start of the 2010-2011 season, but this year has been a big loser in the management system redesigned by the epidemic of coronavirus, with 2-1 PAOK as a guest, so he said goodbye to the Champions League.

In the Greece match, local team Dimitrisz Jannulisz and Andrija Zsivkovics, who left Benfica after four years this summer, were already 2-0, and from the strength of the Lisbon team, Rafa Silva ran only to beautify himself in overtime. .

Interestingly, the two teams also met two years ago, in the knockout for the 2018-2019 competition, and then the Portuguese advanced from the duel in the playoffs by winning 4-1 in Thessaloniki.

Therefore, Benfica can continue in the Europa League, but PAOK are only one step away from being in the BL main table for the first time in their existence. It should take this step against the Russian Krasnodar Federation.

He has entered the playoffs and can prepare for the duel between them, thanking László Bölöni for his work on Monday. Gentleman, and the Dynamo Kiev in addition, the Belgian band defeated the Austrian Rapid Wient, the Ukrainian and the Dutch AZ Alkmaar.

Champions LEAGUE
QUALIFIER, ROUND 3
Dinamo Kiev (Ukraine) –AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands) 2–0
(Gerson Rodrigues 49., Saparenko 86.)
PAOK (Greek) –Benfica (Portuguese) 2–1 (Jannulisz 63., A. Zsivkovics 75., respectively Rafa Silva 90 + 4.)
KAA Ghent (Belgium) –Rapid Wien (Austria) 2–1 (Dorsch 36, Yaremcsuk from 59 to 11 and Demir 90 + 3.)

WEDNESDAY GAMES
17.00:
Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus) –Crvena zvezda (Serbia) (TV: Sport2)
19.00: CITY OF FERENC–Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) (TV: M4 Sport) – Live in UFO!
19.00: Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel) -Dinamo Brest (Belarus)
19.00: Qarabag (Azeri) –Molde (Norwegian)
20.30: FC Midtjylland (Danish) –Young Boys (Switzerland)

THE PLAYOFF (ROUND 4) PAIRING
CHAMPIONSHIP
Qarabag (Azerbaijani) / Molde FK (Norwegian) –CITY OF FERENC/ Dinamo Zagreb (Croatian)
Slavia Praha (Czech) –FC Midtjylland (Danish) / Young Boys (Swiss)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel) / Dinamo Brest (Belarus) – Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)
Olympiacos Piraeus (Greek) –Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus) / Crvena zvezda (Serbian)
NOT A CHAMPIONSHIP

FK Krasnodar (Russian) –PAOK (Greek)
KAA Ghent (Belgium) – Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine)
In the playoff round, advancement will be decided over two games. Game days: September 22 and 23; September 29 and 30



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