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site.btaBulgaria's Levski Eliminates Kazakhstan's Kairat, Qualifies for Play-offs of UEFA Champions League Bulgaria's Levski won the rematch against Kairat Almaty 1-0 and eliminated the Kazakh team with a two-goal aggregate in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. With this victory, the Bulgarian football team secured at least a spot in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. In the play-off, they will face Greek champions AEK Athens. Reinaldo scored the only goal in the 13th minute. The Brazilian has now scored three times in the Champions League and five times since the start of the season. Levski entered the second leg of the third qualifying round with a 1-0 advantage after beating Kairat Almaty in Sofia on August 4. Levski has secured at least EUR 9.6 million from UEFA’s prize pool for this season, according to calculations by the Football Meets Data platform. If the team manages to qualify for the Champions League group stage for the second time in 20 years - since 2006, the Bulgarian champion will earn at least EUR 18 million from the tournament’s prize pool (not including revenue from ticket sales, television rights, and merchandise related to all of the team's matches) by the start of the next calendar year at the latest. /IV/ news.modal.header news.modal.text