Jose Mourinho in white with Benfica, Bodo/Glimt manita
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Four matches valid for the first leg of the Champions League preliminaries were played on Wednesday night and as many as three ended in draws, postponing any verdict until the return.
Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahçe did not go beyond 0-0 at home against Benfica and in a week’s time will need to defeat Lisbon’s Da Luz to avoid elimination.
Same result in Celtic Glasgow-Kairat Almaty, with a goal disallowed for the Kazakhs who are one step away from a historic feat. Draw but for 1-1, however, between Basel and Copenhagen.
The only team to have mortgaged qualification to the super group is Bodo/Glimt: the Norwegians crushed the Austrians of Sturm Graz 5-0.
