Last season, eliminated by PAOK in the third round of qualifications, Benfica did not fail in the quest for the group stage of the Champions League. The scorer was Eran Zahavi. He will surely score a solid number of very important goals for PSV in the Eredivisie this season as well, but when he had to save the Phillips' hopes for placement in the Champions League, he missed from the situation that he could have scored nine more times, turned into a goal. PSV drew the group stage of the European elite when Benfica remained on the field with half a player after half an hour of play, but the remaining nine in the Benfica field, as well as goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos, literally died in the fall on the brightest European stage. It paid off - 0: 0. Benfica may have come to Eindhoven with the intention of attacking at one point, but Lucas Verissimo earned a second yellow card in the 32nd minute (he received the first public warning in the eighth).
As for the duel between Young Boys and Ferencvarosi, it was exciting seven days ago in Bern, it was crazy last night in Budapest as well. After 180 minutes of football drama, the Swiss champion emerged as the winner of the duel with the Hungarian champion. The Young Boys survived the hell of Budapest, celebrated 3:2 in the rematch of the playoffs against Ferencvarosi, and with an identical 3:2 victory from the first match advanced to the Champions League. However, the two-goal differences in the total do not best reflect the balance of power in the duel. Ferencvaros almost passed. Let us remind you again that Ferencvarosi had a player more and a penalty for 2:1 seven days ago, but he did not use it. The Young Boys then scored two goals and finally conceded one that revived Fradi's hopes before the rematch.
Football of Veljko Birmancevic's life, the third goal in seven days, and Malmo managed to skip Ludogorets and reach the group stage of the Champions League. In the first match, Malmo won 2: 0, in the second Ludogorets 2:1 (1: 1), so that in the overall score, the Swedish team managed to reach the elite competition. Great success for Malmo and a night that Birmancevic will remember for a long time. Lately, he has done a huge job for the team, but also himself.
In tonight's matches, Shakhtar, Red Bull Salzburg, and Sheriff Tiraspol are defending the advantage from the first matches. The champion of Moldova has an advantage of as many as three goals against Dinamo Zagreb and a real miracle should happen so that he does not find himself in the group stage. Salzburg has a minimal advantage against Brondby but is still a big favorite. Shakhtar also achieved a minimal advantage in the first game, which will try to defend that advantage against Monaco in Ukraine.
