Kyiv's "Dynamo" suffered a defeat (2:0) in the return match of the second qualifying round of the Europa League against "PAOK" and will continue its performances in the Conference League, reports UNN.
Details
The outcome of the match was decided by a brace from Giannis Konstantelias, who in the previous match scored a goal and provided two assists: just before the end of the first half, the Greek accurately struck into the bottom corner past Vyacheslav Surkis - 1:0.
Already at the start of the second half, Konstantelias completed his brace: the forward dribbled past several opponents and delivered an amazing shot from the edge of the penalty area, hitting the right bottom corner of the goal. Vyacheslav Surkis had no chance to reach the ball - 2:0.
Ultimately, the match ended in favor of "PAOK", who, with an aggregate score of 5:2 over two matches, advance to the third qualifying round of the Europa League, where they will face the winner of the pair "Hammarby" (Sweden) – "Anderlecht" (Belgium).
As of the 70th minute of the match "Hammarby" - "Anderlecht", the score is 1:1 (2:2 on aggregate over two matches).
"Dynamo", on the other hand, leaves the Europa League and will continue its performances in the third round of the Conference League, where it will face the loser of the pair "Qarabag" (Azerbaijan) - "CSKA Sofia" (Bulgaria). Currently, the score in this match is 0:0 (the same score was in the first half).
In addition, Cherkasy's "LNZ" is currently drawing with Belgian "Gent" for a place in the next round of the Conference League.
Reminder
Zhytomyr's "Polissya", playing with a man advantage for the entire second half, lost minimally to Danish "Copenhagen" (2:1) in the return match of the second qualifying round of the Conference League.