The Scottish Rangers and the Danish Copenhagen joined the ranks of the Champions League group stage qualifiers, after they returned with the qualification card, from the Dutch Eindhoven and the Turkish Trabzonspor, respectively, after the end of the second day of the second leg of the play-off matches that took place today, Wednesday.
And at (Philips Stadium), the stronghold of Eindhoven, the Scottish team took advantage of a huge mistake from the hosts' defense to score the game's only goal, signed by Croatian striker Antonio Mirko Chulak in the 60th minute, and seize the card to be in the middle of the old continent.
The two teams' first leg match last week ended in Scotland (2-2), so Rangers booked their place in the group stage with a total of two matches (3-2).
The ancient Scottish team returned in this way to appear in the group stage after an absence of 11 years, specifically the season (2010-11).
While Copenhagen, Denmark, imposed a goalless draw against its Turkish host, Trabzonspor, to pass to the group stage, taking advantage of its victory in the first leg among its fans (2-1).
After 5 years of absence since the 2016-17 season, Copenhagen is back among the European emperors again.
Thus, this duo joins the teams that have already reserved their seats in the group stage, namely: Benfica of Portugal, Viktoria Plzen of the Czech Republic, and Maccabi Haifa of the Zionist entity on Tuesday, leaving only one seat to be announced after the end of the match between Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia and Bodo Glimt of Norway.
It is noteworthy that the draw for the group stage will be held this Thursday in Istanbul, Turkey, which will host the final of this edition on June 10 at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium, while this round will start on September 6 and end on November 2.
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