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On Friday, September 18, in Nyon, Switzerland, the draw for the playoff round of the Europa League took place, in which Desna Chernihiv and Kolos Kovalevsky can play. It is true that both teams need to overcome their rivals in the third round. For Desna, this is Wolfsburg, Kolos will play Croatian Rijeka.
As you know, before the draw, UEFA divided the participants into groups in which the teams were divided into seeds and not seeds. A couple of “Kolos” were among the unseeded. As a result, among the possible rivals of the Kovalevites were the winners of the pairs “Sporting” – “Aberdeen”, “Mura” – PSV, “Copenhagen” – “Piast”. As a result, Ruslan Kostishin’s team will play the winner of the pair. Copenhagen – Piast.
On the contrary, Desna’s partner was seeded. Her potential rivals included Apollo – Lech, Granada – Lokomotiv Tbilisi and Senct Gallen – AEK. The batch ordered that, in the event of victory over the German club, Alexander Ryabokon’s team will meet the winner of the pair – “Saint-Gallen” – AEK
Draw Results
St. Gallen / AEK – Wolfsburg / Desna
Copenhagen / Piast – Rijeka / Kolos
As a reminder, the third round matches are scheduled for September 24. The Europa League playoff round will take place on October 1. The winners who will get a ticket to the group stage will be determined by the results of a fight, so in the event of a tie, overtime will be assigned, followed by a penalty.
