2018/19 Champions League - Qualifying Rounds

[Panna King]

Ajax 2-1 now.  Great game of football 

[Panna King]

100 - Frenkie de Jong had 100 touches, more than any other player in Ajax v Dynamo Kyiv - De Jong had 100+ touches in each of his last three games

[Panna King]

Atmosphere before the game

[Panna King]

Ajax are back in the groups stages

[RandoEFC+]

PAOK 1-0 Benfica (2-1 on aggregate).

Doesn't really change things for Benfica as they already needed to score tonight having conceded an away goal in the first leg.

[RandoEFC+]

Benfica equalise through Jardel and now look to have the initiative. 70 minutes to score a second away goal which would leave PAOK needing two more goals.

PSV also lead BATE Borisov 1-0. That's 4-2 on aggregate. I read earlier that, incredibly, if they join Ajax in the group stage it's the first time since 2011 (I think it was) to have more than one Dutch team in the group stage.

[RandoEFC+]

Salvio penalty puts Benfica ahead. Should be fine from here.

[LFCMike]

Benfica 3-1 up. Pot 3 it is for us

[Stan]

PSV cruising through. 3-0 tonight. 6-2 aggregate.

[Guest]

Red star Belgrade were 2.0 down then got 2 goals in two minutes now heading through on away goals

[The Käiser]

Salzburg ruing misses in the first half. 

Cant understand how a team which has scoreless for over a game and a half score 2 in 2 minutes. 

[The Käiser]

On 08/08/2018 at 18:07, The Käiser said:

wonder if Salzburg will perform in Europe as last year (europa league semifinalist)

won the first leg 3:0.  Their tie in the playoff round seems to be a winnable fixture 

Guess not....

[RandoEFC+]

Smash and grab from Red Star Belgrade but they qualify. A shame as after their good run in the Europa League last season it would have been good to see how Salzburg could have stacked up against the Champions League competition.

[Panna King]

Great to see PSV and Ajax back in the Champions League!