The Incarnations, who finished third in the last Portuguese league draw, will try to repeat the course of last season, in which they had to overcome two knockouts to reach the group stage, against Spartak Moscow and PSV, qualifying for eighth and then the quarter-finals of the competition , after which he left Liverpool.
The team, now led by Germany’s Roger Schmidt, enters seeded into the non-champion qualifying path, with the opportunity to face French Monaco, Austrians from Sturm-Graz, Belgians from Union Sainte in this third qualifying round. -Gilloise or the winner of the match between Danes Midtjylland and Cypriots AEK Larnaca.
The clash between the Ukrainians from Dynamo Kyiv and the Turks from Fenerbahce under the leadership of the Portuguese Jorge Jesus has yet to be determined. ), in a draw to be held at 11:00 CET.
The third qualifying round for the Champions League group stage will be played on 2 or 3 August (first legs) and 9 August (second legs). Qualified players advance to the “playoffs”, which are scheduled for August 16 or 17 (first leg) and August 23 or 24 (second leg).
A little later, at 13:00, it will be Gil Vicente’s turn to face his opponent in the second edition of the European Conference League, the first time the Barcelos emblem has appeared in a European competition.
The Gilists, now managed by Ivo Vieira, directly secured their place in the third qualifying round by finishing fifth in the last edition of Liga I, joining eight other equally qualified teams, to which will be added the 45 winners of the second qualifying round. , a tie that includes Vitoria de Guimarães.
Sixth in the previous championship, Guimarães, recently separated from coach Pepa, has yet to go through the second preliminary round, in which they will face off against the Puskas Academy Hungarians to then face a third round opponent.
