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Dinamo Zagreb, Lille and Bodio/Glimt take lead in Champions League playoffs

Second legs are in a week

Aug 21, 2024 05:31 112

Croatian Dinamo (Zagreb) had no particular problems with Azerbaijan's Karabakh (Agdam) in the first leg of the playoff round for entering the Champions League and beat him with a decisive 3:0, BTA reported.

Karabakh got here after eliminating the Bulgarian champion Ludogorets, inflicting an embarrassing 7:2 loss after extra time in Razgrad.

At the "Maksimir" stadium in Zagreb, Marko Pjaca scored the first goal in the 29th minute. Then came the fantastic Sandro Kulenovic, who came on in the 63rd minute and scored in the 75th and 80th to give the hosts a decisive lead. In fact, Dynamo could have scored more as the visitors from Azerbaijan also looked for the goal in the last 10 minutes. But they were lucky that the two perfect counters were not completed by the same Kulenović.

In another playoff match, the French Lille defeated the Czech Slavia (Prague) 2:0 as a host, FOCUS reported.

The match was played at the "Stade de Hainaut" in Valenciennes.

The Canadian international Jonathan David opened the scoring with a goal in the 52nd minute after a pass from the Icelandic talent Haakon Haraldsson.

Kosovar Edon Zhergova went up to 2:0. This happened in the 77th. The assist was given to the first goal scorer in the match.

A goal of the visitors from the Czech Republic was disallowed in the 80th minute by VAR due to an ambush.

The second leg is in a week in Prague.

Norwegian champions Bodjo/Glimt beat Serbian giants Red Star 2:1 as a host in the third match of the playoffs last night, FOCUS reported.

The match was played at "Aspmira" stadium. in Bodio.

Odin Louras Bjortuft opened the scoring with a goal in the 52nd minute after a pass from Sondre Fet.

Isaac Motta made it 2:0 just 10 minutes later.

The guests returned one goal through the 20-year-old defender Ognjen Mimovic (75').

The second leg is in a week in Serbia.