This is now the standard each summer: the draw for the Champions League dams (the last preliminary round before the league phase) is scheduled even before the meetings of the third qualifying round. It was this Monday at noon (12 noon, live on the European body's site) that 24 clubs will be set for the rest of the events.
The OGC Nice will have to create the feat against Benfica during the third round of the C1, with a first leg at the Allianz Riviera as of Wednesday (9 p.m.), before a return round in Lisbon on Tuesday of next week. As a reminder, the double confrontation of the Aiglons facing the Eagles has not been the subject of any offer from TV channels in France. It's a web platform,
Solidsport.comwhich will offer the two games, at the fairly improbable price of 7.95 euros per game!
In the Table of Non Champions, the winner of Benfica-Nice and that of Club Bruges-Salzburg will be protected during the drawing of the dams and will challenge the survivors of Rangers-Viktoria Plzen and Feyenoord-Fenerbahçe. It's a little funny: Franck Haise's training would therefore have a less formidable opponent in dams if she manages to get Benfica out. We can always dream. Note that the gym will be directly qualified for the Europa League in the event of elimination next week.
The Europa League and the conference in stride
In the table of national champions, there will be five posters in dams. Bodo/Glimt, Celtic, Basel and Sturm Graz enter into play -offs, but only the Norway champions and those in Scotland are part of the first hat of the draw. FC Copenhagen, the Red Star of Belgrade and Ferencvaros must rule out Malmö, Lech Poznan and Ludogorets respectively in order to be part of the pot 1 of the dams.
At 1 p.m., the UEFA will draw lots of the Europa League dams, determining 12 round trip. Without the two French clubs, LOSC and OL, which are qualified directly for competition. Finally, the RC Strasbourg, qualified for the Dams of the Conference League, will follow its draw from 14h. No team is qualified directly for the conference and the Alsatians, which are part of the heads of series (thanks to the UEFA coefficient of France), will avoid Fiorentina, Crystal Palace, Rayo Vallecano and Mainz. That's already it!
