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Football: Legia Warsaw beat Real Betis 1-0 in UEFA Conference League opener

04.10.2024 06:30
Polish top-flight heavyweights Legia Warsaw defeated Spanish side Real Betis 1-0 at home in their first game of this season's UEFA Conference League league phase.
Legia Warsaw players celebrate beating Real Betis in the Polish capital on Thursday night.
Legia Warsaw players celebrate beating Real Betis in the Polish capital on Thursday night.Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański

The Polish side's French centre-back Steve Kapuadi scored the only goal of the match with a header in the 23rd minute in Warsaw on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Polish champions Jagiellonia Białystok beat Danish side FC Copenhagen 2-1 away from home in their Conference League opener on Thursday night.

Legia and Jagiellonia will each face six different opponents in the league phase of the 2024/2025 UEFA Conference League until December 19, Polish state news agency PAP reported.

The top eight sides in the league phase of the new-look Conference League will qualify automatically for the knockout stages, while the teams finishing in ninth to 24th place will compete in a two-legged play-off to secure a place in the last 16 of the competition.

Teams ranked 25-36 will be eliminated from the competition, run by European football governing body UEFA.

The final of this season's Conference League will take place in Wrocław, Poland on May 28, 2025.

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Source: IAR, PAP, polskieradio24.pl, skysports.com