It didn’t go well: Niko Kovac (center) in the AS Monaco stadium.
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Bitter defeat for AS Monaco in qualifying for the Champions League: The team around coach Kovac lost to Donetsk 0-1 in the first leg. RB Salzburg has created a better starting position for reaching the group stage.
FNational soccer player Kevin Volland and AS Monaco suffered a setback on their way to the Champions League. The team of the former Bayern coach Niko Kovac lost the playoff first leg of the qualification in their own stadium with 0: 1 (0: 1) against Shakhtar Donetsk from Ukraine. The Brazilian Pedrinho scored the winning goal for the guests in the 19th minute. The second leg will take place in Kharkiv on August 25th.
RB Salzburg has created a better starting position for reaching the group stage. The Austrian champions won their home game after a 0-1 break deficit with 2-1 against Brondby Copenhagen. Karim Adeyemi (56th) and Brenden Aaronson (90th) turned the game with their hits. Mikael Uhre had put the Danes in the lead.
In the third game of the day, Sheriff Tiraspol caused a surprise. The team from Moldova defeated Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 (1-0) and has the best prospects of making it into the group stage.
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