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Today in Nyon (Switzerland) the UEFA Champions League draw ceremony took place. It was revealed that the Lithuanian champions, who defeated the Swedish champions "Djurgardens" in the second round, would face the Italian football giant "Juventus".
The head coach of "FBK Kaunas", Šenderis Giršovičius, upon learning the draw results, said: "I find it hard to believe that we have the opportunity to play against the powerful 'Juventus'. This would be a very memorable event in the history of Lithuanian football."
Meanwhile, the general director of the Turin club, known as the "Old Lady", Luciano Moggi, was cautious: "This will be a difficult match, no matter which of the two teams we will face. They are both very strong physically, and we cannot underestimate them. These matches are too important - we cannot make mistakes."
All possible matchups:
Grasshopper Zurich - Liverpool Turin Juventus - Stockholm Djurgardens/Kaunas Tirana/Budapest Ferencvaros - Nicosia Apoel/Prague Sparta Trondheim Rosenborg/Tiraspol Sheriff - Haifa Maccabi Bayer Leverkusen - Ostrava Banik Baku Neftchi/Moscow CSKA - Glasgow Rangers Yerevan Pyunik/Donetsk Shakhtar - Brugge/Plovdiv Lokomotiv Kiev Dynamo - Riga Skonto/Trabzonspor Bern Young Boys/Belgrade Crvena Zvezda - Eindhoven PSV Zilina/Bucharest Dinamo - Manchester United Basel - Milan Inter Lisbon Benfica - Brussels Anderlecht La Coruna Deportivo - Split Hajduk/Dublin Shelbourne Thessaloniki PAOK - Helsinki HJK/Tel Aviv Maccabi Nova Gorica Gorica/Copenhagen - Monaco Tbilisi WIT/Krakow Wisla - Madrid Real
The first leg matches of the third round will take place on August 10-11, and the return matches on the 24-25.
The winners of these sixteen matchups will advance to the group stage of the Champions League. Already secured spots in the group stage are Porto, Valencia, Barcelona, Milan, Roma, Arsenal, Chelsea, Werder Bremen, Bayern, Lyon, PSG, Panathinaikos, Olympiakos, Ajax, Celtic, and Fenerbahce.
