Tonny Vilhena can prepare for the group stage of the Champions League with FK Krasnodar. FC Midtjylland and Red Bull Salzburg also survived the play-offs and took part in the draw on Thursday.
Krasnodar won 1-2 on Wednesday at PAOK, which was more than enough after the 2-1 victory in Russia. Vilhena got a yellow card early on and played the entire game.
Krasnodar took the lead fifteen minutes before time via a curious own goal with the heel of Ioannis Michailidis, but Omar El Kaddouri’s equalizer soon fell.
A minute later, Remy Cabella prevented it from becoming exciting: 1-2. The attacker tapped the rebound into an empty goal after Vilhena fired on the post.
Krasnodar makes its first appearance in the group stage of the million ball. Last year, Vilhena’s team was eliminated in the play-offs by another Greek club: Olympiacos.
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An attempt to overtake Slavia Prague striker Peter Olayinka ends in beauty. (Photo: Pro Shots)
Missed penalty does not break Midtjylland
FC Midtjylland was 4-1 too strong for Slavia Prague in Denmark, after the return ended in 0-0 last week.
The away goal in the third minute by Peter Olayinka seemed crucial for a long time. Midtjylland only tied the score halfway through the second half via Sory Kaba: 1-1.
Ten minutes before the end, Kaba got the perfect opportunity to shoot in the winning goal via a penalty kick, but his miss from 11 meters seemed to cost Midtjylland many millions of euros.
Three minutes later, the Danes received another penalty. This time Alexander Scholtz went behind the ball and he hit it. Via Ogochukwu Onyeka and Anders Dreyer, the score in the final minutes was still high: 4-1.
For Midtjylland, like Krasnodar, it is the first time that it has managed to reach the group stage of the Champions League.
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Dominik Szoboszlai uses a penalty for Red Bull Salzburg. (Photo: Pro Shots)
Salzburg simply past Maccabi Tel Aviv
For Red Bull Salzburg it will be the third participation in the main tournament, after 1994/1995 (still as Casino Salzburg) and last year. The Austrians were 3-1 too strong for Maccabi Tel Aviv, after Israel had already won 2-1.
Zambian striker Patson Daka was the big man with two hits, while Hungarian top talent Dominik Szoboszlai used a penalty kick.
The draw for the Champions League with Ajax also starts on Thursday at 5 p.m.
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