Ajax moved to the Champions League playoffs, Porto Out

Amsterdam - Ajax Amsterdam enters the Champions League playoffs and gets closer to the group stages. The surprise came when FC Porto came to the area.

After being cut 2-2 at home against PAOK last week, it was Ajax's turn to entertain his opponent Johan Cruyff ArenA on Wednesday (8/14/2019) early morning hrs in the second leg of the third round. The Champions League.

Dusan Tadic was the star of the semifinalist victory last year after scoring two goals, all of them. PAOK put the visitors ahead in the 23rd minute thanks to Diego Biseswar.

Two minutes before the break, Ajax leveled the score after a penalty from Tadic. Having been balanced long enough for 1-1, Ajax managed to excel for the first time in this fight after Nicolas Tagliafico headed to Judge Ziyech's corner to penetrate the PAOK goal.

Ajax got another penalty in the 85th minute and Tadic executed perfectly to change the score to 3-1. PAOK made the home fans excited when Biseswar scored in the decisive third minute of time.

Ajax still wins 3-2 and has the right to qualify with a total of 5-4 in the playoffs. In the playoffs, APOEL Nicosia will play Ajax on August 21 and 29.

The success of Ajax's groping was not followed by Porto, who ran aground at the hands of Russian club Krasnodar, while he hosted the match again at Estadio Do Dragao.

Krasnodar surprised Porto by leading 3-0 in the first period, preceded by a quick goal from Tonny Vilhena in the third minute. Shapi Suleymanov scored twice in the 12th and 34th minutes.

In the second half, Porto managed to reduce the position thanks to Ze Elias in the 57th minute, followed by Luis Diaz in the 77th minute. Porto couldn't catch up and ended up losing 2-3. Porto was eliminated because he lost on aggregate of goals because he only won 1-0 in the first leg. Krasnodar meets Olympiakos Greece in the playoffs.

Celtic FC, the Scottish League champions, also entered the box after being eliminated by Cluj with a total of 4-5. Playing at home after drawing 1-1 in the first leg, Celtic was even defeated by a score of 3-4.

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