Dinamo quickly made it 2:0, then gambled away the win, Greenwood is a maestro, but Fenerbahce will have to do better in the second leg

Three draws in the first matches of the Champions League play-offs

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Scored a phenomenal goal for Fenerbahçe: Greenwood, Photo: Fenerbahçe/X
Scored a phenomenal goal for Fenerbahçe: Greenwood, Photo: Fenerbahçe/X
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Zagreb, Istanbul and Sofia - three draws on the first night of the first round matches for the Champions League.

Dinamo drew 2-2 against Norwegian Viking, despite taking a 2-0 lead very early, Fenerbahçe failed to "break" Lyon (1-1), while there were no goals in the match between Levski and AEK.

The Croatian champion opened the match at "Maksimir" in a phenomenal way and very early (in the 10th minute) after goals from Dion Dren Belj and Mateo Lisica, had a huge 2:0 lead.

However, the Stavanger club managed to come back just as quickly and secure a great result ahead of the second leg. The visitors' goalscorers were Peter Kristijansen in the 26th minute and Zlatko Tripić in the 37th.

Lyon had a big 1:0 in Istanbul after Louis Opende's goal, but Mason Greenwood reminded his new club what a master he is - his Euro goal kept the ambitious team from the "Sukru Saracoglu" stadium's hope alive that they could reach the elite this season.

"Vasil Levski", Bulgaria's largest stadium, is rarely full when football is played there, but it looked magnificent tonight. However, even that did not help Levski to get a better result than 0:0 against AEK Athens heading into the second leg.

Tomorrow, starting at 21 p.m., four more first-leg playoff matches will be played, with Celtic - LASK, Hapoel Beersheba - Sabah Baku, NEC - Bode/Glimt and Slovan - Celje.

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