KRASNODAR – Krasnodar and Salzburg approached the Level of Organization of the Champions League after 2–1 victories in the first leg of the knockout round of the competition, while Slavia Prague tied 0-0 at home via Danes Midtjylland on Tuesday.
Russian club Krasnodar won a house win over Greek PAOK Salonique, who missed a penalty, and Salzburg also returned to beat Maccabi Tel Aviv after falling early.
Krasnodar goalkeeper Matvey Safonov kept a bad penalty in the 7th minute of Dimitrios Pelkas, but PAOK striker made peace in ’32, running a foot center of Andrija Zivkovic with a skilful touch from the area.
The house team tied seven minutes after Frenchman Remy Cabella was the victim of a foul by Dimitrios Giannoulis in the area and Swede Viktor Claesson passed his penalty against goalkeeper Zivko Zivkovic.
PAOK lost a clear chance halfway in the part of the moment when Omar El Kaddouri hit the pole and punished in the 70th minute when Cabella swept the ball into an empty three-metre net after a fine for Marcus Berg.
The Dan Biton winger sent Maccabi back in the 9th minute with an end and the house team was forced to decisively protect against salzburg’s dominant.
The relentless tension of the visitors paid off at the time the Hungarian midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai tied with a penalty in the 49th minute and 8 minutes later he received the goal of The Salzburg goal of Masaya Okugawa.
Midtjylland matched the whimsical maximum Slavia on each branch and looked at the highest likely winners, Sory Kaba lacked his maximum productive chance when goalkeeper Ondrej Kolar stored the striker’s headbutt.
The house team was fortunate not to yield a purpose opposed to his appearance with the last kick of the game, as a poorly kicked clearing of David Hovorka hit Kolar in the head.
In Wednesday’s action, Hungarian champion Ferencvaros will go to Molde, Belgian club Ghent will receive Dynamo Kyiv and Olympiakos Piraeus will receive Cypriot Omonoia Nicosia (written through Zoran Milosavljevic; edited through Tothrough Davis).
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