Overcoming the first round of selection of the Champions League, "Riga" will meet with "Partizani" and "Qarabag" – Football – Apollo.lv – Sports

On Wednesday, the second round of the qualifying tournament was held. Riga was able to recover famous clubs such as "Maccabi" from Israel or the "Kobenhavn" Danish. In the first round of the selection "Riga", he will meet the Irish champion "Dundalk". The draw for the second round was also successful on Wednesday. "Partizani" and "Qarabag" will participate in the first round, winning the pair "Riga" / "Dundalk". In turn, losing to the Dundalk football team, the Riga team will meet the second round of the UEFA European League with Belarusian star Barisava BATE and Polish champion Gliwice "Piast". The Partizani has won 16 times the title of Albanian champion, but this year it was the first time since 1993. In 2016, following the disqualification of another Albanian club Korcka "Skenderbeu", the Tirana club had the chance to participate in the qualification for the UEFA Champions League, which could even go up to the third round, after a decisive round of the UEFA European League selection tournament, where the Russian club failed. "Krasnodar". In the two following seasons, Partizani did not pbad the first qualifying round of the UEFA European League. "Qarabag", which became the last season of the Azerbaijani champion, is a favorite of this pair. Last season he participated in the UEFA European League group tournament and it was the season leading up to the UEFA Champions League. In one of the two European tournaments, the Azerbaijan champions play five consecutive seasons. The second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League will be 23/24. and 30/31 July. The first round of matches will take place on 9/10. and the 16th and 17th of July. The UEFA Champions League qualifiers for the first international championship season will continue in the UEFA European League qualifiers. To qualify for the UEFA Champions League tournament, teams must complete four qualifying rounds.