Brave eight footballers who managed to give even two goals to their rivals

Champions league 2022-23 season, qualifying round 3, leg 2:

Zalgiris - Bodo/Glimt 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 39 (38.30) Francis Kyeremeh

               1:1 50 (49.27) Joel Mugisha Mvuka

- Direct red card in this game was awarded to home defender Petar Mamic on 56 (56.10).

Pyunik - Crvena zvezda 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 44-pen (43.34) Guelor Kanga

               0:2 59 (59.07) Milan Pavkov

- The visitors could have lead at 29 (28.51), however the penalty from Aleksandar Katai was perfectly saved.

Viktoria - Sheriff 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 09 (09.07) Jan Kliment

               1:1 47-pen (46.44) Rasheed Ibrahim Akanbi

               2:1 61 (60.56) Jhon Mosquera

- At 27 (26.35) Tomas Chory (Viktoria)missed the whole goal from 11 metres.

- Because of his second yellow card at 85 (84.46) Stefanos Evangelou (Sheriff) had to depart from this duel.

Apollon - Maccabi Haifa 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 19 (18.42) Hervin Ongenda

               2:0 26 (25.58) Israel Coll

Midtjylland - Benfica 1:3

Scorers: 0:1 23 (22.32) Enzo Fernandez

               0:2 56 (55.46) Henrique Araujo

               1:2 62 (62.06) Pione Sisto

               1:3 88 (87.42) Diogo Goncalves

Ferencvaros - Qarabag 1:3

Scorers: 0:1 06 (06.16) Abdellah Zoubir

               0:2 54 (53.48) Ibrahima Wadji
               0:3 78 (77.40) Ibrahima Wadji

               1:3 85 (85.04) Adama Traore

Dinamo Zagreb - Ludogorets 4:2

Scorers: 1:0 12 (11.55) Josip Drmic

               2:0 26-pen (26.17) Mislav Orsic

               3:0 43 (43.16) Mislav Orsic

               3:1 45+4 (48.25) Kiril Despodov

               3:2 49-pen (48.53) Kiril Despodov

               4:2 87 (86.39) Bruno Petkovic

- Nervousness has made the visitors to finish this game with eight players: on 16 (16.20) Dominik Yankov and Rick Jhonatan Morais at 72 (71.50) had to leave for two yellow cards, while Zan Karnicnik on 86 (85.24) received a direct red.

Sturm - Dynamo Kyiv 1:0, 1:2 after extra time

Scorers: 1:0 27 (26.22) Rasmus Hojlund

               1:1 96 (96.13) Kostyantyn Vivcharenko

               1:2 112 (11.41) Victor Tsyhankov

- At 105 Manprit Sarkaria has left the home team due to two yellow cards.

PSV - Monaco 2:2, after extra time 3:2

Scorers: 1:0 21 (20.38) Joeey Veerman

               1:1 58 (57.38) Guillermo Maripan

               1:2 69 (69.03) Wissam ben Yedder

               2:2 88 (88.11) Erick Gutierrez

               3:2 109 (108.49) Luuk de Jong

Glasgow rangers - Union Saint-Gilloise 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 45-pen (44.33) James Tavernier

               2:0 57 (57.15) Antonio Colak

               3:0 78 (77.55) Malik Tillman

- On 90+5 (94.41) the guests was left with ten players because of two yellow cards from Jean Lazare Amani.

Additional information 1: from next week we are going to see again Bodo/Glimt, Crvena zvezda, Viktoria, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Benfica, Qarabag, Dinamo Zagreb, Dynamo Kyiv, PSV together with Glasgow rangers in this competition.

Conference league 2022-23 season, elimination stage 3, leg 2 (night 1 out of 3):

Gzira - Wolfsberger 0:4

Scorers: 0:1 11 (11.17) Tai Baribo

               0:2 32 (32.07) Dominik Baugartner

               0:3 59-pen (58.37) Thorsten Rocher

               0:4 84 (83.57) Augustine Boakye

- Midfielder Zakary Scerri on 52 (51.43) and at 65 (64.59) Jefferson Assis were sent off due to two yellow cards, weakening the home club to nine footballers.

B36 - Viborg 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 64 Nils Mortimer Moreno

               1:1 79 Michal Przybylski

               1:2 85 Alassana Jatta

Additional information 2: Wolfsberger and Viborg are the first 2 travelers to the last round.

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In the tribunal of the same city the 30-year-old will be charged with fraud corruption, and if guilty can spend two years behind bars. Over there would also as witnesses be his father and two former club presidents (Josep maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell). However it is more interesting that the trial is going to start 17 October, just one month before the start of the World Cup, and the whole process would last two weeks.

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Yearly match

Instead of three qualifying events of the third phase, there will be played one more tournament. The additional one is actually a final where you can find that further down in this text coloured in red. Since all elimination duels are second legs it has to be mentioned that some games may be prolonged more than it should be (be played additional minutes or even the penalty roulette).

As always in Conference league will be played more duels than any other. Onto the last stage 32 clubs are going to qualify, while the same number would watch this event from home and be eliminated. Layout for the kick-offs are as follows:

Tuesday, 09 August at 18.00 CET: Gzira - Wolfsberger.

Tuesday, 09 August at 20.00 CET: B36 - Viborg.

Wednesday, 10 August at 18.00: Vitoria - Hajduk.

Thursday, 11 August at 15.30 CET: Kyzylzhar - APOEL.

Thursday, 11 August at 16.00 CET: Tobol - Zrinjski.

Thursday, 11 August at 18.00 CET: Rakow - Spartak Trnava.

Thursday, 11 August at 19.00 CET: Basel - Brondby.

Thursday, 11 August at 19.00 CET: Cluj - Shakhtyor.

Thursday, 11 August at 19.00 CET: Djurgarden - Sepsi.

Thursday, 11 August at 19.00 CET: Hapoel Be'er Sheva - Lugano.

Thursday, 11 August at 19.00 CET: Konyaspor - Vaduz.

Thursday, 11 August at 19.00 CET: Petrocub - Fehervar.

Thursday, 11 August at 19.00 CET: Twente - Cukaricki.

Thursday, 11 August at 19.30 CET: Antwerp - Lillestrom.

Thursday, 11 August at 19.30 CET: FcsB - Dunajska Streda.

Thursday, 11 August at 19.30 CET: Panathinaikos - Slavia Praha.

Thursday, 11 August at 19.30 CET: Universitatea - Zorya.

Thursday, 11 August at 19.45 CET: Basaksehir - Bridablik.

Thursday, 11 August at 20.00 CET: Anderlecht - Paide.

Thursday, 11 August at 20.00 CET: Aris (Thessaloniki) - Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Thursday, 11 August at 20.00 CET: Hibernians - Rigas futbola skola.

Thursday, 11 August at 20.00 CET: KI - Ballkani.

Thursday, 11 August at 20.00 CET: Levski - Hamrun.

Thursday, 11 August at 20.00 CET: Skendija - AIK.

Thursday, 11 August at 20.00 CET: Sligo rovers - Viking.

Thursday, 11 August at 20.30 CET: Lech - Vikingur (Reykjavik).

Thursday, 11 August at 20.30 CET: Rapid Wien - Neftci.

Thursday, 11 August at 20.45 CET: Saint Patrick's athletic - CSKA Sofia.

Thursday, 11 August at 21.00 CET: AZ - Dundee united.

Thursday, 11 August at 21.00 CET: Gil vicente - Riga.

Thursday, 11 August at 21.00 CET: Kisvarda - Molde.

Thursday, 11 August at 21.00 CET: Young boys Bern - KuPS.

For the first and only time (this season) all 10 duels from the Champions league tournament are going to be played on one night. The guilty party for this circumstance lies in the fact that follows way down in this article. Here, ten overall winners are going to go through to the next phase, and ten losers will be dropped one step lower.

Tuesday, 09 August at 18.00 CET: Zalgiris - Bodo/Glimt.

Tuesday, 09 August at 19.00 CET: Apollon - Maccabi Haifa.

Tuesday, 09 August at 19.00 CET: Pyunik - Crvena zvezda.

Tuesday, 09 August at 19.00 CET: Viktoria - Sheriff.

Tuesday, 09 August at 19.45 CET: Midtjylland - Benfica.

Tuesday, 09 August at 20.00 CET: Dinamo Zagreb - Ludogorets.

Tuesday, 09 August at 20.00 CET: Ferencvaros - Qarabag.

Tuesday, 09 August at 20.30 CET: Glasgow rangers - Union Saint-Gilloise.

Tuesday, 09 August at 20.30 CET: PSV - Monaco.

Tuesday, 09 August at 20.30 CET: Sturm - Dynamo Kyiv.

Europa league is that one lower step. The first 7 matches were staged this week, thus this were treated as third elimination round (and not the first). Clubs who will be eliminated from the tournament would be transferred onto the third event by significance.

Tuesday, 09 August at 21.00 CET: Skupi - Samrock rovers.

Thursday, 11 August at 18.00 CET: HJK- Maribor.

Thursday, 11 August at 19.00 CET: Slovacko - Fenerbahce.

Thursday, 11 August at 19.00 CET: Zurich - Linfield.

Thursday, 11 August at 20.00 CET: Diddeleng - Malmo.

Thursday, 11 August at 20.30 CET: Slovan - Olympiacos.

Thursday, 11 August at 21.00 CET: Partizan - AEK (Larnaca).

The real reason of why 'the best' competition is playing on only one night is this one. Each year the Super Cup brings the winners of Champions against Europa league who are battling each other from the previous season (in this case 2021-22). Because this is a single match or a final one as well, the possibility of the game that may last longer stands.

Wednesday, 10 August at 21.00: Real Madrid - Eintracht Frankfurt.

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As first two rounds were played on summer (June), three and four originally supposed to kick-off off this September. Now new dates are between 20 and 28 March. Fifth phase would begin out of 12 as far as 20 June, while sixth have to be held from 04 until 12 September. The old layout said that the last two stages had to be played in March 2023.

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Pairs connected for play-off

We are currently in the middle of the third qualifying phase of the three European international club tournaments, however before the kick off (this Tuesday) the confederation has conducted the draw for the final one. One interesting detail was done during the ceremonies: for the first time two pairs are written twice which are going to be played with each other in two (different) competitions, however the opponents would not and cannot be the same.

Only the winners from the penultimate phase will progress through to the last elimination duels. The current 2021-22 champions from Denmark and Turkiye are the two new participants in the Champions league tournament, and those clubs have formed the only known pair of the play-off stage as well. Schedule for leg one games are 16 and 17 August, while everything will be decided seven nights later.

Qarabag or Ferencvaros - Sheriff or Viktoria.

Bodo/Glimt or Zalgiris - Ludogorets or Dinamo Zagreb (this is the same pair from Europa league, but there the losers from both duels are going to battle each other).

Maccabi Haifa or Apollon (Limassol) - Crvena zvezda or Pyunik.

Kobenhavn - Trabzonspor.

Dynamo Kyiv or Sturm - Benfica or Midtjylland.

Union Saint-Gilloise or Glasgow rangers - Monaco or PSV.

Europa league awaits the losers from the predecessor competition. From the ten upcoming matches: one duel is instantly familiar, whilst the other nine have to wait until its completion. Dates for this event are only two: 18 and 25 August.

Dnipro-1 - AEK (Larnaca) or Partizan.

Gent - Omonia.
Austria Wien - Fenerbahce or Slovacko.
Linfield or Zurich - Hearts.
Maribor or HJK - Silkeborg.
Malmo or Diddeleng - Sivasspor.
Qarabag or Ferencvaros - Samrock Rovers or Skupi.
Maccabi Haifa or Apollon (Limassol) - Olympiacos or Slovan.
Crvena zvezda or Pyunik - Sheriff or Viktoria.
Ludogorets or Dinamo Zagreb - Bodo/Glimt or Zalgiris (this pair is exactly identical from Champions league where the winners of both matches will battle each other, but in reverse order).

First and second leg for the Conference league is exactly the same like the predecessor. Losing teams from there are going to play at this event. As it stands from now, there is not known a single duel upfront, so each club will learn its rival next week.

Maribor or HJK - Shakhtyor or Cluj.
Rigas futbola skola or Hibernians - Linfield or Zurich.
Víkingur (Reykjavík) or Lech - Malmo or Diddeleng.
Samrock rovers or Skupi - Ballkani or KI.
Zrinjski or Tobol - Olympiacos or Slovan.
CSKA Sofia or Saint Patrick's athletic - Brondby or FC Basel.
Vaduz or Konyaspor - Neftci or Rapid Wien. 
Spartak Trnava or Rakow - Slavia Praha or Panathinaikos.
APOEL or Kyzylzhar - Sepsi or Djurgardens.
Maccabi Tel Aviv or Aris (Thessaloniki) - Nice.
Zorya or Universitatea - Lugano or Hapoel Be’er Sheva.
Breidablik or Basaksehir - Lillestrom or Antwerp.
Dunajska Streda or FcsB - Viking or Sligo rovers.
AEK (Larnaca) or Partizan - Levski or Hamrun.
Fiorentina - Twente or Cukaricki.
Villarreal - Hajduk or Vitoria.
Koln - Fehervar or Petrocub.
West ham - Viborg or B36.
KuPS or Young boys Bern - Paide or Anderlecht.
Fenerbahce or Slovacko - AIK or Skendija.
Molde or Kisvarda - Wolfsberger or Gzira.
Dundee or AZ - Riga or Gil vicente.

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