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The club has achieved its goal - the return leg match of the Champions League third qualifying round with Haifa will not be played in warring Israel. UEFA officials decided to hold the match in a neutral location - at the "Dynamo" stadium in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, which kindly agreed to host one of the strongest teams of the old continent and its opponents.
English team coaches and players demanded to move the match, scheduled for August 22, due to the military conflict between Israel and Lebanon and the potential threat to life. Rafael Benitez, drawing lots, stated that the decision to play in this country would be 'completely unacceptable'.
Let's remind that in the first leg match at Liverpool's "Anfield" stadium, after a fierce battle, the hosts won 2-1. The visitors took the lead after Gustavo Boccoli's goal in the 31st minute, but Craig Bellamy equalized just two minutes later, and a few minutes before the end of the match, Spanish player Marco Gonzalez, who came on as a substitute, scored the second goal and secured the deserved victory.
