In the early morning of August 30, Beijing time, the second leg of the new season Champions League play-offs first played 3 games, Bernese youth beat Maccabi Haifa 3-0 at home, Panathinaikos lost 0-1 at home to Braga, Galatasaray beat Molde 2-1 at home, combined with the first leg score, Bern Juniors advanced 3-0 on aggregate, Braga advanced 3-1 on aggregate, and Galatasaray advanced 5-3 on aggregate, joining hands to enter the main stage of the new season.
The 2023-24 season, the last season before UEFA's restructuring of the Champions League, is still 32 teams participating, 26 main draw places are produced early at the end of last season, the remaining 6 places are selected through the qualifying round, and after more than two months of competition, 12 teams play in the play-offs.
Galatasaray vs Molde
In the first leg, the Turkish Premier League giants Galatasaray narrowly won 3-2 away, returned home in the second leg, and finally won 2-1, knocking out Molde 5-3 on aggregate, returning to the Champions League main stage after three seasons.
Panathinaikos vs Braga
In the first leg, Portuguese Premier League powerhouse Braga won 2-1 at home, and in the second leg away to Panathinaikos, they won 1-0 to achieve a two-legged double-win and return to the main stage of the Champions League after 11 years, last playing in 2012-13, when they were eliminated 1-5 in six rounds.
Bern Juniors vs Maccabi Haifa
In the first leg, the first leg team Bern Juniors drew 0-0 away, and after returning home in the second leg, the team exploded wildly, scoring three goals in just 23 minutes, and finally beat Maccabi Haifa 3-0, returning to the main stage of the Champions League after one season.
At present, 29 places have been determined in the round of 32 of the Champions League for the new season, and the specific classification is as follows:
Pot 1: Manchester City, Barcelona, Napoli, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Feyenoord, Sevilla
Second Potil: Real Madrid, Manchester United, Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, Leipzig, Porto, Arsenal, Inter Milan
Third gear: Shakhtar Donetsk, Salzburg, AC Milan, Lazio, Red Star Belgrade, Young Bern, Galatasaray
Fourth gear: Real Sociedad, Celtic, Newcastle, Union Berlin, Lens and Braga
In this way, several death groups may be brewed, such as Barca, Arsenal, AC Milan, Berlin United; Bayern, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Newcastle; Paris, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Newcastle and so on, the key is that seven-time Champions League winner AC Milan fell into third gear.
There are 3 places left in the main draw, which will be between Copenhagen v Częstochowa, PSV Eindhoven vs Rangers and Athens vs Antwerp.