This Tuesday in the Champions League was unprecedented. It left three historic classifications to the first league phase. Pafos from Cyprus and Kairat Almaty from Kazakhstan will play the 25/26 edition. In addition to them, Bodo/Glimt from Norway qualified, who reached the semi-finals of the Europa League in 24/25, where they fell against Tottenham.
Pafos qualified by drawing with Red Star
Spanish coach Juan Carlos Carcedo has made history by qualifying Pafos of Cyprus to the most important club tournament on the continent. The Cypriot team obtained the ticket after a painful draw with Red Star at the Limassol Estadium, since the usual stadium of the Pafios, the Stelios Kyriakides Stadium, has a capacity of 9,000 people and did not meet UEFA standards.
The Serbian team had taken the lead thanks to a goal from Ivanic in the 60th minute, while Jajá equalized for the locals in the 89th minute. The aggregate score was 3-2 in favor of those from Cyprus, after the 1-1 in Serbia for the first leg of the play-off.
It should be noted that Pafos will be the youngest team to play in the 36-team league phase of the Champions League, as it was founded on June 10, 2014, that is, 11 years ago.
Kairat Almaty gave the blow after eliminating Celtic
Kairat Almaty surprised the day by eliminating the historic Celtic de Glasgow, and qualifying for the league phase of the Champions League. Both in Scotland and in Kazakhstan they drew without goals. The Kazakh combined was awarded the pass in the penalties, which featured the excellent performance of Temirlan Anarbekov, who stopped three.
Bodo/Glimt took out Sturm Graz and closed the historic day
Bodo/Glimt closed a historic day after eliminating Sturm Graz of Austria. In the first leg, the Norwegians thrashed as locals (5-0), while in the second leg they fell on Austrian soil (2-1).
The remaining matches of the play-off that will be played this Wednesday are Benfica – Fenerbahçe, Club Brugge-Rangers and Qarabag – Ferencváros. It should be remembered that the league phase draw will be on August 28.