Bode/Glimt showed that beautiful football is also played in the far north of Europe, within the Arctic Circle, but 70 minutes of excellent performances did not give the Norwegian champions a big advantage before the rematch this time.
Crvena zvezda did not exist on the field during most of the first playoff match for the Champions League, but woke up in the finish and reached an active result before the decisive duel in Belgrade - 2:1
And while one giant from the Balkans will have to settle everything in the second leg, the other one seems to have already finished the job - Dinamo Zagreb defeated Karabag with 3:0 of our Marko Janković and Marko Vešović (they did not play due to injury) at "Maksimir".
An important step towards the elite was also made by Lille, who defeated Slavia from Prague with 2:0 at the "Pierre Moreau" stadium.
Bode/Glimt was a better team from the start of the game, they shook the crossbar in the first half, and two great chances in the sequel seemed to announce goals...
First, Odin Bjortuft shook the Belgrade club's net with a header from the front in the 52nd minute, and only ten minutes later the scoreboard at the small but beautiful "Aspmira" stadium showed 2:0.
Isak Mata went down the right side, aimed with his left foot and scored a great goal.
Zvezda reached the "golden goal" in the 75th minute when the young Ognjen Mimović did a great job after the break.
You can watch the goals from this match here.
A big step towards the new autumn in the Champions League was made by the most serious club from the area of the former Yugoslavia...
Dinamo Zagreb defeated Karabagh 3:0 and it seems that the team from Azerbaijan, which had a lot of chances tonight, will still need a miracle in Baku.
Marko Pjaca brought the Blues into the lead in the 29th minute, and then Sandro Kulenović's show followed... The Dinamo striker scored first in the 75th after a great assist from Martin Maturina, and then five minutes later when he did best in a crowd andin front of Fabijan Buntić's goal.
Maybe Gurbano Gurbanov's team deserved a more positive result, but in the end they can be happy with 3:0 because Baturina hit the post in stoppage time.
Lille was the favorite against Slavia Prague, and he justified that role even though the Czech team also had its chances - thanks to the goals of Jonat David and Edon Žegrova, the "mastiffs" went to Golden City with 2:0.
Tomorrow (Wednesday) the remaining four play-off matches are played - Dynamo Kyiv will host Salzburg in Polish Lublin, Young Boys will play against Galatasaray, Malmo will host Sparta from Prague, while Mitjiland will host Slovan from Bratislava.
All matches start at 21:XNUMX.
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