Sabah FK eliminates Hapoel Beersheba from Champions League qualifying in extra time
Azerbaijan's Sabah FK defeated Israel's Hapoel Beersheba 5-2 in the second leg of their Champions League qualifying playoff on August 26, 2026, winning 6-4 on aggregate. Tellur Mutallimov scored in stoppage time to force extra time, where goals from Orphe Mbina and Joy-Lance Mickels secured Sabah's debut in the Champions League league stage. Hapoel Beersheba drops to the Europa League.
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Divergence score
2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 1 bias group.
2 camps
1 bias group
The spectrum · how 2 outlets placed this story
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Jerusalem Post
Al Jazeera
Supportive of action
Neutral
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Alarmist
International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
Jerusalem Post
Hapoel Beersheba suffers agonizing Champions League exit after Sabah FK overtime loss
Israeli team's heartbreaking defeat · negative
Al Jazeera
Bodo return to Champions League, Azerbaijan's Sabah deny Israeli Beer-Sheva
Sabah's debut with Israel football context · neutral
First to report
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- Jerusalem Post+5.7 h
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The split, in one line
Jerusalem Post focuses on agonizing exit and Beersheba's perspective; Al Jazeera frames it as Sabah deny Israeli Beer-Sheva while contextualizing Israel's UEFA membership post-1973 AFC expulsion.
How each outlet covered it
No left-right split here
Coverage clusters in the center and international press. Here is each take as it stands.
Center & international coverage
“Hapoel Beersheba suffers agonizing Champions League exit after Sabah FK overtime loss”
“Bodo return to Champions League, Azerbaijan's Sabah deny Israeli Beer-Sheva”
11 tracked claims across 2 outlets
Fact ledger
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Claimed
Hapoel Beersheba finished with nine players after Djibril Diop and Eliel Peretz received second yellow cards in extra time
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