Categories: Football

Jordi Gómez's Omonia leaves Red Star out of the Champions League

Omonia Nicosia of the Barcelona midfielder Jordi Gómez eliminated Estrella Roja (4-2 after a 1-1) on penalties this Wednesday and qualified for the Champions League playoff, the last step towards the league and in which Olympiacos will be measured. The ex of Barcelona and Espanyol transformed his maximum penalty in the round. Also they reached the playoffs Maccabi Tel Aviv, Ferencvaros, Molde xxxxxxxxx.

The Cypriot team took the lead thanks to Michael Lüftner in the 32nd minute, but Mirko Ivanic tied for Red Star in the first-half stoppage. But the 1991 European champion was left out after Degenek and Falcinelli's failures in the shootout.

The goalkeeper Linde. mold hero

It was Qarabag of Azerbaijan who also became the victim of penalties, who, after a 0-0 against Molde of Norway, lost 5-6 in the shootout. Andreas Linde, Molde goalkeeper, became his team's hero by stopping Qarabag defender Badavi Hüseynov's penalty.

Ferencvaros, go ahead

Hungarian champions Ferencvaros are in the playoff after defeating Dinamo Zagreb 2-1. Myrto Uzuni went from villain to hero. In the 23rd minute, he scored at his own goal, leveling the goal with which his captain, Gergo Lovrencsics, had advanced to the Magyar team. But in 65 'Uzuni himself achieved the goal of victory for Ferencvaros, who will face Molde in the playoff.

Biton qualifies Maccabi Tel Aviv

It was in the 50th minute when Maccabi Tel Aviv striker Dan Biton converted a penalty that ultimately gave the Israeli team the victory against Dinamo Brest of Belarus (1-0). Maccabi will face Salzburg in the playoff.

Midtjylland thrashes Young Boys

Finally, the Danish Midtjylland thrashed the Swiss Young Boys (3-0). The Nordic team resolved in the second half thanks to own goals from Lefort (51 '), Dreyer (62') and Mabil (84 '). In the playoff, Midtjylland will be the rival of Slavia Prague.



Tuesday


Dynamo Kiev (Ucr)
-AZ Alkmaar (PB) 2-0


PAOK Thessaloniki (Gre)
-Benfica (By) 2-1


Ghent (Bel)
-Rapid Vienna (Aus) 2-1



Wednesday


Omonia N. (Chi)
-Red Star (Ser) 1-1 (4-2 pen.)


Maccabi Tel Aviv (Isr)
-Dinamo Brest (Bie) 1-0

Qarabag (Aze) –
Mold (Nor)
0-0 (5-6 pen.)


Ferencvaros (Hun)
-Dinamo Zagreb (Cro) 2-1

Midtjylland (Din)
-Young Boys (Sui) 3-0

PLAYOFF

Champions Route

Slavia Prague (RCH) -Midtjylland (Din)

Maccabi Tel Aviv-Salzburg (Aus)

Olympiacos (Gre) -Omonia (Chi)

Mold (Nor) -Ferencvaros (Hun)

League Route

Krasnodar (Rus) – PAOK (Gre)

Ghent (Bel) – Dynamo Kiev (Ucr)

Going 09/22 – Return 09/29

League draw: 1/10 in Nyon

Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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