Overview

• Club Bruges, Qarabag and Pafos all won away in the Champions League playoff first legs, leaving Rangers, Ferencváros and Red Star needing turnarounds after 1-3, 1-3 and 1-2 defeats.
• Bodø/Glimt routed Sturm Graz 5-0, while Fenerbahçe-Benfica and Celtic-Kairat finished 0-0 and Basel-Copenhagen ended 1-1 after a first‑half exchange.
• Benfica finished with 10 men in Istanbul following Florentino’s quick dismissal, sending the tie to Lisbon level after Fenerbahçe’s late offside goal was ruled out.
• Fiorentina face Polissya in the Conference League playoff first leg tonight at 20:00 in Prešov, Slovakia, with the Ukrainian side hosting on neutral ground due to the war; live coverage is on Sky Sport with streaming on Sky Go and Now, and TV8 also lists the match in chiaro.
• Stefano Pioli said the Viola are ready and noted Lucas Beltrán stayed home for transfer‑market reasons; probable XI in a 3-4-1-2: De Gea; Comuzzo, Pongracic, Ranieri; Dodò, Sohm, Fagioli, Gosens; Gudmundsson; Dzeko, Kean.