[ad_1]
CFR Cluj will be confronted Maccabi Tel Aviv in the preliminary round II of the Champions League, if he goes to the first round of Astana.
The first round matches will take place on 9/10 and 16/17 July and those of the second round on 23/24 and 30/31 July.
Preliminary round II matches
- Astana / CFR Cluj against Maccabi Tel-Aviv
- BATE Borisov / Piast Gliwice – Linfield / Rosenborg
- New Saints / Preliminary Round – FC Copenhagen
- Ferencvaros / Ludogorets – Dudelange / Valletta
- Dundalk / Riga – Partizan Belgrade / Qarabag
- Sheriff Tiraspol / FC Saburtalo – Dinamo Zagreb
- Celtic / Sarajevo – Appoints Kalju / Shkendija
- Suduva / red star – Helsinki / Torshavn
- Slovan Bratislava / Sutjeska – APOEL Nicosia
- Reykjavik / Maribor – Ararat-Armenia / AIK Solna
Champions Road
- Viktoria Plzen – Olympiacos
- PSV Eindhoven – FC Basel
The CFR Cluj on Tuesday discovered his opponent in the first round of the Champions League, Astana, and he will find out today who he will play in the second round of preliminaries. The draw for the second round will start at 14:00. The draw for the second round of the Europa League will also take place in one hour.
Draw can be viewed live video and blog live on www.prosport.ro.
CFR Cluj is the manager of the Tour II series. This can be attributed to:
- Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Linfield FC or Rosenborg
- Dundalk or Riga FC
- Dudelange or Valletta FC
- The New Saints or the winner of the preliminary round
The draw of the preliminary round of the Champions League 1 may be considered a chance by the CFR, at least in one aspect. Astana, the opponent of Cluj, is leading the second round and the draw takes place today from 13:00 (Romania time). The good news for CFR, is that if it overthrows the Kazakhstan champion, it will assume Astana 's star status. Thus, the Cluj has escaped opponents who would have complicated his situation, such as Ludogorets, Celtic, Dinamo Zagreb or Red Star.
Rosenborg, the toughest opponent possible
For the draw that will organize the second round games, UEFA split the teams into two groups, consisting of 5 seeded and 5 outsiders. The winner of the double CFR and Astana could meet Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel), Rosenborg (Norway) or Linfield (Northern Ireland), FC Riga (Latvia) or Dunadlk (Ireland), TNS (Wales) or the older acquaintance from Transylvanian Dudelange
None of these teams have impressive European experience. The most difficult opponents would be Maccabi Tel Aviv, a team that will start the competition from the second round, and Rosenborg, the team that should cross Linfield, the champion of Northern Ireland.
An attacker of Romanian origin or Niklas Bendtner
Maccabi Tel Aviv, the group led by PAOK's former coach, Serbian Vladimir Ivic, has few foreign players in the bout, including a Bilbao-backed defender, Enric Saborit. Romanian striker Itay Shechter, who has 27 parties in the Israeli national team, is one of the stars of the team. Incidentally, Maccabi has 5 Israeli internationals in the lot.
Rosenborg won the championship last season but is currently ranked 9th in Norway after 11 games. The current stars are Soderlund (31), a native of St. Etienne and the Danish Nicklas Bendtner (31), former Arsenal striker or Juventus. In addition to that, Rosenborg has two Norwegian internationals.
I can avenge myself with Dudelange
The teams above are the tough variants of the CFR's box for the second round of the Champions League. When he passes Astana, the Romanian champion could have the chance to meet smaller opponents, such as the winner of double Dundalk (Ireland) and FC Riga (Latvia) or TNS (Wales), who leaves his mark. Duplicate favorite with the winning team. Preliminary round of the Champions League, where teams with the lowest odds come into play. A retired Lottery for Cluj would mean meeting Dudelange. The Luxembourg team who eliminated Cluj last season is a potential opponent for the second round. Dudelange will probably go from La Valleta to Malta.
Go to the Europa League draw
In the unfortunate case of the Romanian champion, who will be eliminated by Astana, the team of Dan Petrescu will continue in the preliminary round of the Europa League. There, the Cluj will meet the teams that will lose the double in the Champions League: Linfield – Rosenborg, HJK Helsinki (Finland) – Torshavn (Faroe), Dudelange – La Valleta, Nomme Kalju (Estonia) – Shkendija preliminary Champions League.
The preliminary round draw of the Europa League will begin at 15:00 (Romanian time).
Source link
