Overview

• Kerem Aktürkoğlu’s 35th-minute strike gave Benfica a 1-0 aggregate win after two first-half goals were overturned by video review.
• Club Brugge, FC Copenhagen and Qarabag also advanced to finalize the 36-team league-phase field.
• Brugge beat Rangers 6-0 in the deciding match for a 9-1 aggregate, with Max Aarons sent off in the eighth minute.
• Qarabag returned eight years after its debut, progressing 5-4 over Ferencvaros despite a 3-2 home defeat in Baku.
• The league-phase draw in Monaco is scheduled for Thursday at 6 p.m. local time, ushering in the second season of UEFA’s 36-team single-table format.