Mircea Lucescu’s team showed character
Dynamo in Bucharest in a penalty shootout beat the Greek Aris in the second leg of the third qualifying round Conference leagues.
Aris took the lead at the end of the first half thanks to the efforts of ex-midfielder of SC Dnipro-1 and Shakhtar Neven Djurasek. The White-Blues quickly bounced back – Nazariy Voloshin took advantage of Sergei Sidorchuk’s pass.
At the end of the meeting, Dynamo managed to score the second goal and move the meeting into extra time. Effective blow on the account of Alexander Karavaev. Recall that the first match of the confrontation in Greece ended with a minimal victory for Aris – 1:0.
At the beginning of the second extra-time, Aris remained in the minority – the second yellow card was received by Domagoj Pavicic. However, Dynamo failed to take advantage of the numerical majority.
The fate of the confrontation was decided in a penalty shootout – 6:5 in favor of Dynamo.
Dinamo in the playoffs of the Conference League qualification will play with the winner of the pair Neftchi – Besiktas (the first match – 1:3).
- Conference League. Third qualifying round, second leg
Dynamo (Ukraine) – Aris (Greece) – 2:1, 6:5 on pen. (1:1, 1:0)
Goals: Voloshin, 45, Karavaev, 85 – Jurasek, 39
Source: Sportarena
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