"The White-Blues" will play in the main round of the Europa League.
Dynamo Kyivdrew with Austrian Salzburg in the return match of the playoff round of the 2024/25 Champions League qualification. The match at the Red Bull Arena in Salzburg ended with a score of 1:1.
In the first meeting, which took place a week ago in Lublin, Poland, Dynamo lost to the vice-champion of Austria with a score of 0:2. From the start of the second match, Oleksandr Shovkovskiy's team began to attack with great force in order to make up for this deficit.
Salzburg took advantage of this and made a successful counterattack in the 12th minute. Adam Dagim moved from the right flank to the center, entered the penalty area and shot into the near corner.
In the 29th minute, the “white-blues” equalized the score in the match. Taras Mikhavko from his half of the field made a pass to Vladislav Vanat, who sent the ball from the penalty area into the far corner.
Shovkovsky's charges continued to play first number and tried to create chances near the opponent's goal, but they have not yet managed to score.
During the match, the Kievans made 18 shots against 13 for the home team, but fewer on target than their opponents — 2:3. In terms of expected goals (xG), the “white-blues” had a very slight advantage — 1.16 against 0.99. Dynamo also had more possession of the ball – 55% to 45% and executed 16 corners, while the Austrian team – seven.
Review of the match “Salzburg” – “Dynamo”
Thus, in the sum of the two matches, Salzburg turned out to be stronger with a score of 3:1 and won a ticket to the main stage of the Champions League. “Dynamo” will play in the main round of the Europa League.
So Ukraine is now represented in the most prestigious European Cup only by Donetsk “Shakhtar”, which automatically received a ticket to the main round of the Champions League.
The draw for the main stage of the 2024/25 Champions League will take place on Thursday, August 29.
