The Ukrainian club will play against the Austrians.
On Wednesday, August 3, as part of the first in the match of the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League, Dynamo Kyiv and Sturm of Austria will meet. “.
This will nominally be a home game for the Kyiv side, but Mircea Lucescu's side will be playing it outside of Ukraine due to a full-scale Russian invasion. The match will take place in the Polish city of Lodz.
Dynamo has already played two matches in the Champions League qualifiers, beating the Turkish Fenerbahce (0:0, 2:1), while Sturm is just entering the tournament. .
The winner of the confrontation will play in the playoff round of the Champions League qualification, and the loser will play in the group stage of the Europa League.
According to the results of the last season of the Austrian championship, “Sturm” took second place in the tournament table, giving up the first place to “Salzburg” and ahead of “Austria”.
“Sturm” in the new season has already played two matches in the national championship, playing a draw and beating the giants of Austrian football “Salzburg” (2:1).
“Dynamo” – “Sturm”
Wednesday, August 3, Lodz, Vladyslav Krol Stadium, 21:00
Referee: Francois Letesier (France)
Broadcast: Setanta Sports Ukraine, ” 2+2″
Approximate lineups:
“Dynamo”: Bushchan, Kendzera, Zabarny, Popov, Vyvcharenko, Sydorchuk , Shaparenko, Buyalskyi, Tsygankov, Vanat, Besedin.
“Sturm”: Ziebenhandl, Gazibigovich, Wutrich, Borkovich, Morley-Samuels, Girlander, Gorenc Stankovich, Prass, Horvath, Sarkaria, Geilund.
ZN.UA prediction: 2:1
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