SC Braga begins its participation in the Football Champions League play-offs, in which it must overcome the Greeks Panathinaikos to access the group stage for the third time in its history.
After eliminating the Serbs from Backa Topola in the third qualifying round, with 3-0 wins at home and 4-1 away, the Minho team now faces the last hurdle to join Benfica and FC Porto in the main European club competition. , in which they were present in the 2010/11 and 2012/13 seasons.
SC Braga XI: Matheus; Victor Gomez, Niakaté and Borja; Vítor Carvalho and Adrián Marín; Ricardo Horta, Pizzi and Bruma; Abel Ruiz.
Panathinaikos XI: Brignoli; Vagiannidis, Jedvaj, Magnusson and Juankar; Rúben Pérez, Djuricic and Vilhena; Palacios, Sporar and Mancini.
SC Braga substitutes: Tiago Sá, Hornicek, Serdar, André Horta, Djaló, Paulo Oliveira, Zalazar, Mendes, Rony Lopes, Banza, André Castro and Soumare
Panathinaikos substitutes: Lontigkin, Xenopoulos, Schenkeneld, Ionnidis, Bernard, Gnezda Cerin, Cantalapiedra, Sideras, Mladenovic, Kotsiras, Willian Arão and Verbic.
Source: TSF
