Dhe AS Monaco with German national player Kevin Volland, Bayern loan Alexander Nübel and national striker Kevin Volland also missed the group stage of the Champions League after the false start in the French league. When the royal class permanent guest Schachtar Donetsk, the team of coach Niko Kovac came in the play-off second leg to a 2-2 after extra time and was eliminated from the first duel after the 0-1 defeat.
After 90 minutes it was 2: 1 (2: 0). Since the current season, the away goal rule has not been used in European club competitions. Monaco left the very best of chances and recklessly gave up their place in the lucrative group games.
For the third time in a row, Austria’s champions RB Salzburg made it into the group stage – for the first time under the new German coach Matthias Jaissle. As in the first leg, Salzburg won 2-1 (2-0) at the Danish representative Brondby IF. Sheriff Tiraspol was the first club from the top division of Moldova to reach the group stage. The team from the de-facto independent Republic of Transnistria achieved a 0-0 win at Dinamo Zagreb after the 3-0 first leg win.
In the Ukraine, the French international striker Wissam Ben Yedder brought Monaco early on with his two goals (18./39.). Donetsk, which has only not played in the group stage since 2010 in 2016/17, saved itself through Marlos’ goal (74th) in extra time. Volland missed a huge chance to win in the 90th minute. A curious own goal by Ruben Aguilar (113th) sealed Monaco’s end.
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