Sierra Leone native Isaac Babadi scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in PSV’s 4-1 win over Sturm Graz in their Third qualifying round, 1st leg on Tuesday.
The win means PSV Eindhoven is close to reaching the Champions League play-off round after a huge first-leg margin. They could face either or Servette.
In front of the home fans at the PSV Stadion-Eindhoven, they rushed into a three-goal lead with goals from 18-year-old talent Isaac Babadi, Luuk De Jong brace in the 4th, 22nd and 32nd minutes, respectively.
The visitors pulled one back five minutes before the breakthrough of Jon Stankovic, but PSV retired their three-goal cushion in the 73rd minute through I. Sangaré.
PSV will travel to SK Sturm Graz for next week’s r third qualifying round, 2nd leg at the Graz Liebenau-Graz Stadium, next week Tuesday.
PSV EINDHOVEN – UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – SK STURM GRAZ – LUUK DE JONG – NOA LANG
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