Red Star Belgrade and Sturm Graz ended four-game losing runs in the Champions League to get their first points and wins. The 1991 European Cup winner Red Star rallied for a 5-1 rout of Stuttgart which had taken the lead in the fifth minute. Sturm Graz won 1-0 against Girona the Spanish newcomer to European competitions this season.
Red Star’s Rade Krunic celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Red Star and Stuttgart at the Rajko Mitic Stadium in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. Supporters of Red Star celebrate after Mirko Ivanic scored his side’s third goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Red Star and Stuttgart at the Rajko Mitic Stadium in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024.
Sturm’s Danish forward Mika Biereth sealed the win in the 59th for just the second goal in the competition for the Austrian champion after five rounds. All four teams in early action stayed outside the qualifying places to advance to the knockout round, with Stuttgart best placed in 27th in the new 36-team standings format.
The top eight teams in January go direct to the round of 16 in March, and teams placed from ninth to 24th enter a playoffs round in February. Those two-leg playoffs will decide the other eight round of 16 teams.Dunbar is an Associated Press sports news reporter in Geneva, Switzerland. He focuses on the governing bodies, institutions and politics of international sports.
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