Yesterday also ended the first qualifying round of the Conference League, a new European trophy that pits several teams from the continent against each other. The qualifiers already know their rivals for the round of 16, in a tournament that despite the name of the teams, is being exciting and leaving enough news.
Olympique de Marseille, one of the favourites, comfortably won 0-3 at the field of Qarabag, a team from Azerbaijanand qualified for the next round. PSV Eindhoven did the same by eliminating Maccabi Tel-Avivbut this time the draw at one after the victory in the first leg was good.
Leicester City also won 1-3 at Randersleaving an aggregate of 7-1 for the English and proving that they are one of the teams to take into account in this tournament. One of the surprises was given by the Norwegian Bodø, eliminating Celtic from Glasgow, after beating them 2-0.
The most exciting game was undoubtedly the one they played PAOK and Midtjylland, who after the Greeks 2-1, the game had to be resolved on penalties, where the Greeks prevailed. For its part, Slavia Prague also put on a great show against the Turkish Fenerbhace, in a match that ended 3-2 and with the pass for the Czechs. Vitesse beat Rapid Wien 2-0 and will also be in the next phase and lastly, Partizan Belgrade beat Sparta Prague 2-1 and was classified.
Now all these teams await the leaders of the group stage of the Conference League, who did not play this round and in which there are teams of the stature of Roma or Basel. We’ll see who ends up taking this tournament that promises to be exciting until the end.
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