Haifa's "Maccabi" left the Serbs behind at the Champions League stage. © AP

On Tuesday evening three crucial matches took place for qualification to the Champions League. The surprise was provided by the Haifa team "Maccabi", which played 2:2 with "Crvena Zvezda" and with a combined result of 5:4 defeated the Serbian team. The decisive goal came in the 90th minute of the second match, when Milan Pavkov scored an own goal. "Benfica" in the second match confidently beat Kyiv's "Dynamo" 3:0 (total - 5:0) and also advanced to the group stage of the Champions League. In the group stage we will also see the team of Plzen "Viktoria", which defeated "Qarabag" footballers 2:1.