On Thursday, August 28, the second leg matches of the playoff round of the Conference League qualification took place. This included the participation of two representatives from Ukraine — Donetsk’s Shakhtar and Zhytomyr’s Polesie.
Conference League, playoff round of qualification. Second leg matches
Fiorentina (Florence, Italy) — Polesie (Zhytomyr, Ukraine) — 3:2 (0:2)
Goals: Dodo (78), Ranieri (86), Dzeko (89) — Nazarенко (2), Andriyevsky (14)
First match — 3:0
Servette (Switzerland) — Shakhtar (Donetsk, Ukraine) — 1:2 (0:0, 1:1, 0:0, 0:1)
Goals: Nyokh (52) — Kevin (70 pen.), Elias (113)
First match — 1:1
Thus, Shakhtar has advanced to the main stage of the Conference League, while Polesie has been eliminated from the tournament and has concluded its European cup campaign for the 2025/26 season.