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Today (18.09) is an extremely important day for the Bulgarian teams in Europe. Only the champion and vice-champion of our country remained – Ludogorets and CSKA. The Greens and Reds will meet their fate in the last step before entering the Europa League group stage: the playoffs. The draw starts in 15:00 Bulgarian time and you can follow it LIVE on SportLive.bg.
Pavel Varba’s players met their rival first. The Eagles will face the Dynamo (Brest). The host in the playoff game will be the Belarus team. See more details about the Ludogorets draw.
Then it was the turn of the “Army”. If they face B36 Torshavn, they will face the winner of the Europa League groups against the winner of the Basel / Anorthosis pair. The host of the match will be the team of Switzerland or the team of Cyprus. See more details about the CSKA draw.
BEFORE THE DRAW
It should be noted that CSKA has not yet qualified for this phase, as they will first have to overcome the B36 Torshavn team from the Faroe Islands in the third qualifying round. The Reds will host for the third time in a row, with the clash on September 24.
Ludogorets was very lucky in the last draw, in which he participated, skipping a full lap and going directly to the playoff phase. After the projections, it became clear the potential rivals of the “eagles”, who may be very lucky again, which will almost certainly place them in the groups.
This is because they can take on an unplaced team (though they aren’t themselves), and of the two placed, only Red Star looks very heavy. Here are all his potential rivals: Dynamo (Brest) or Red Star (of those placed), Sarajevo / Future, Riga / Celtic, Ararat / Celje.
For CSKA, potential rivals look much heavier if the “reds” make the playoffs. They can face doubles winners Basel (Switzerland) – Anorthosis (Cyprus), Victoria Pilsen (Czech Republic) – Sonderijske (Denmark) and Besiktas (Turkey) – Rio Ave (Portugal).
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