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Dynamo Kyiv Reach Champions League Group Stage for First Time Since 2016/17

Photo: FC Dynamo Kyiv
Photo: FC Dynamo Kyiv

Mircea Lucescu's side beat Belgian club Gent again.

In the second leg of the Champions League qualifying play-off, Kyiv's Dynamo secured a home win over Gent and earned a place in the Champions League group stage.

Mircea Lucescu's charges scored two unanswered goals in the first half, adding another precise strike from the penalty spot after the break. 

In the away match, Gent were defeated 2:1.

Dynamo — Gent 3:0

Goals: Buyalskyi, 10, De Pena, 35 (pen), Rodriguez, 49 (pen)

Dynamo: Bushchan — Kendzera, Zabarnyi, Mykolenko, Karavaev — Sydorchuk, Shaparenko (Andriyevskyi, 77) — Rodriguez (Tsygankov, 59), Buyalskyi, De Pena (Verbych, 60) — Supryaga

Thanks to this win, which gave Kyiv's side their first Champions League group stage place since the 2016/17 season, Dynamo have already accumulated more points in the UEFA coefficient table than in the entire previous European campaign.

In the group stage draw, where Donetsk's Shakhtar will also take part, Kyiv's side will be in Pot 3.