Sporting de Braga will visit the Greeks Panathinaikos on Tuesday, in the second leg of the play-off for access to the group stage of the Champions League, with a minimal advantage after the victory achieved at home.
In the first leg, in Braga, the team led by Artur Jorge beat the Greeks 2-1, with goals from Abel Ruiz, in minute 51, and Álvaro Djaló, in minute 73, with the Greeks reducing with a goal from Daniel Mancini, already in discount period.
On Tuesday, at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, SC Braga, with a slight advantage in the tie, will seek a result that allows them to access the group stage of the Champions League for the third time in their history, after participating in 2010 ./11 and 2012/13.
SC Braga will reach the decisive match of the second leg more easily, since the game of the third day of the I Liga, scheduled for this weekend, against Moreirense, was postponed to September 9, with Arsenal having a week to prepare for the match. match.
Panathinaikos, who had postponed the game of the first round of the Greek League, entered the field on Saturday to face Volos, in a game corresponding to the second round, which they won 3-0.
To reach the play-offs, the Minho team eliminated the Serbs from Backa Topola in the third qualifying round, with an aggregate score of 7-1 (3-0 at home and 4-1 away), while the The Greeks, coached by the Serbian Ivan Jovanovic, saw action in the second qualifying round, in which they beat the Ukrainian Dnipro.
In the third qualifying round, Panathinaikos beat Marseille 1-0 at home in the first leg, but they only managed to qualify at the Vélodrome on penalties, after a 2-1 win for the French, who were leading by two balls of difference until very close to the end.
The second leg of the play-off is scheduled for Tuesday, August 29 in Athens.
Source: TSF
