They didn’t have to wait long, Victoria’s footballers were pulled out of their destiny right in the first pair. The path to the Champions League is definitely realistic for them. If they deal with Tiraspol first, they would certainly not be without a chance in the final play-off.
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Bílk’s team would face either Azerbaijan’s Karabakh or Hungary’s Ferencváros. Pilsen has already played with Karabakh, in 2016 they eliminated it in the 3rd preliminary round of the LM. After a 0:0 draw at home, they drew 1:1 in the second leg, with Michael Krmenčík scoring five minutes before the end. The team from Budapest eliminated Slavia last year.
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Drawn! 🙌 In the event of promotion to the Champions League playoffs, we will encounter the more successful of the pair Karabach 🇦🇿 / Ferencváros 🇭🇺
What do you say about the lottery? 🤩 pic.twitter.com/P2eDzvEokp
— FC Viktoria Plzeň (@fcviktorkaplzen) August 2, 2022
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Pilsen would now start away. Zistou already has at least the basic group of the Conference League, in case of promotion through Sheriff, he will play in the worst European League. The West Bohemians avoided the Turkish champion Trabzonspor and got one of the three pairs from the 3rd preliminary round.
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Viktoria found herself again in the fate of the 4th preliminary round of the Europa League in case she was eliminated with Tiraspol. Then she would play either with Red Star Belgrade or Armenian Pjunik Yerevan (with the loser of the pair). The unequivocal favorite to progress is the Serbian champion. Pilsen would once again start outside.
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In the case of advancing through Fenerbahce Istanbul, Slovakia will face Austria Vienna in the Europa League playoffs. The Moravians would play the first match in the Austrian capital, the rematch a week later at home.
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The winner of the domestic cup of the MOL Cup strives for the premier participation in the main stage of one of the European cups. He needs to win at least one doubleheader in the qualifiers to ensure participation in the Conference League group.
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Assuming that it does not succeed with Fenerbahce, Slovácko could face AIK Stockholm or Škendiji Tetovo.
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If Slavia gets past Panathinaikos Athens in the 3rd preliminary round of the Conference League, they will compete in the play-offs for promotion to the group with the winner of the duel between Trnava and Poland’s České Szczecin, whose squad includes the currently injured national team defender Tomáš Petrášek. The Czech vice-champion would start outside.
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🎲 | In the event of progress over Panathinaikos, you will be in the playoffs #UECL they will play the winner of Spartak Trnava and Raków Częstochowa! We would play the first game away on August 18, the second leg at home a week later. pic.twitter.com/sPGoDCq0jq
— SK Slavia Prague (@slaviaofficial) August 2, 2022
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Slavia must knock out three opponents on the way to the group; she has already come through one when she unequivocally progressed over Gibraltarian outsiders St Joseph’s in the 2nd preliminary round. If the red and whites were to falter in the qualifiers and fall out with one of the opponents, they would not play a group in the cups for the first time since 2016/17.
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Sparta, the fourth Czech representative on the European stage, was already eliminated after not being enough against Viking Stavanger last week.
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| The draw of the 4th preliminary round of the Champions League |
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| Master part: |
| Sheriff Tiraspol/Viktoria Pilsen – Karabakh/Ferencváros Budapest |
| Bodö/Glimt/Žalgiris Vilnius – Ludogorets Razgrad/Dinamo Zagreb |
| Maccabi Haifa/Apollon Limassol – Crvena zvezda Belgrade/Pjunik Yerevan |
| FC Copenhagen – Trabzonspor |
| Non-championship part: |
| Dynamo Kyiv/Sturm Štyrský Hradec – Benfica Lisbon/Midtjylland |
| Saint-Gilloise/Glasgow Rangers – Monako/PSV Eindhoven |
| The first match on August 16 and 17, the second leg on August 23 and 24 |
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| Draw of the 4th preliminary round of the European Football League |
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| Dnipro-1 – AEK Larnaca/Partizan Belgrade |
| Gent – Omonia Nikósie |
| Austria Vienna – Fenerbahce Istanbul/Slovakia |
| Linfield (Sev. Ir.)/FC Curych – Heart of Midlothian |
| NK Maribor/HJK Helsinki – Silkeborg |
| Malmö/Diddeleng (Luc.) – Sivasspor |
| Karabakh/Franciskáros Budapest – Shamrock Rovers/Škupi (Mak.) |
| Maccabi Haifa/Apollon Limassol – Olympiakos Piraeus/Slovan Bratislava |
| Crvena zvezda Belgrade/Pjunik Yerevan – Sheriff Tiraspol/Viktoria Pilsen |
| Ludogorets Razgrad/Dinamo Zagreb – Bodö/Glimt/Žalgiris Vilnius |
| First match on August 18, second leg on August 25 |
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