World News – GB – Olympiacos and Dynamo Kiev take control of Champions League qualifiers

Greek giants Olympiacos and Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv headed to the Champions League group stages on Wednesday with wins in the first leg of their playoff matches

Olympiacos dominated at home against Omonia Nicosia and won 2-0 thanks to Mathieu Valbuena’s penalty in the 69th minute and Youssef el Arabi’s strike in added time

Kiev, semifinalist in 1999, beat Vladyslav Supriaga and Carlos De Pena to triumph 2-1 away against Gent, who equalized through Tim Kleindienst but had Roman Bezus sent off early in the second half

And in the other match, Norwegians Molde and Hungarians Ferencvaros played a sensational 3-3 draw in a draw between two teams who had each made only once before.

The return matches, including the three draws started on Tuesday, will take place next week The six winners complete the 32-team group stage roster which is drawn Oct 1

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