Today the winners of eight confrontations will be determined
Today, July 16, the return matches in eight matches of the first qualifying round will take place Champions League 2024/25.
In the opening match of the game day UE Santa Coloma Balkany sensationally passed from Andorra, having achieved the final victory in a penalty shootout. It should be noted that the match was served by the Ukrainian team of referees headed by Oleksiy Derevinsky. At the end of the first half, the Ukrainian sent off a Balkany player.
Lithuanian Panevezys also made it to the next round of qualification, beating Finnish HJK in the aggregate.
On Wednesday, July 17, the winners of six more matches in the first round of qualification will be determined.
Ukraine will be represented in the current Champions League by two clubs – Shakhtar and Dynamo. The miners, who became the champions of the 2023/24 UPL, will start immediately with the group round of the European Cup and will find out their opponents at the end of August.
Dynamo, which took second place in the UPL, is following the League Representatives Path and will begin its tournament journey from the second qualifying round, where it will play Partizan. The white-blues will play the “home” match on July 23 in Lublin, Poland. The return match will take place on July 31 in Belgrade.
Balkani (Kosovo) – UE Santa Coloma (Andorra) — 1:2, pen. 5:6 (0:0, 0:1, 1:1)
Goals: Hamidi, 109 – Moedano, 90+2, De Jesus, 102
Removal: Adetunji (B), 38
First match – 2:1
HJK (Finland) – Panevezys (Lithuania) – 1:1 (1:1)
Goals: Erwin, 38 – Velyulis, 45
First match – 0:3
Lincoln Red Imps (Gibraltar) – Hamrun Spartans (Malta) – 0:1 (0:0), extra time is underway
Goal: Vitor, 89
Removal: Bent (L), 5
First match – 1:0
Pyunik (Armenia) – Dynamo Minsk (Belarus) — 0:1 (0:0)
Goal: Gavrilovich, 90, pen.
First match – 0:0
Celje (Slovenia) – Flora (Estonia)
First match – 5:0
FCSB (Romania) – Virtus (San Marino)
First match – 7:1
Dečić (Montenegro) – TNS (Wales)
First match – 0:3
Shamrock Rovers (Ireland) – Vikingur Reykjavik (Iceland)
First match – 0:0
Source: Sportarena

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