At 13 o'clock Lithuanian time, not only were three contenders for the best football player of the year title in Europe announced at the UEFA headquarters, but also the draws for the last Champions League qualifying round.
The fourth-placed team in the Premier League, "Manchester City", will compete for a place in the group stage against "Steaua" from Bucharest, while the fourth-placed team in the Spanish "La Liga", "Villarreal", will face "Monaco".
The showdown between "Roma" and "Porto" should also be of great interest. Both clubs played in the main round of the tournament last season, but one of them will definitely not make it this time.
The first legs of the last qualifying round matches will take place on August 16-17, and the second legs on August 23-24.
All the pairs of the last qualifying round:
"Ludogorets" (Bulgaria) - Viktoria "Plzen" (Czech Republic) Glasgow "Celtic" (Scotland) - "Hapoel Beer-Sheva" (Israel) "Copenhagen" (Denmark) - APOEL (Cyprus) "Dundalk" (Ireland) - Warsaw "Legia" (Poland) Zagreb "Dinamo" (Croatia) - "Salzburg" (Austria)
"Steaua" (Romania) - "Man City" (England) "Porto" (Portugal) - "Roma" (Italy) "Ajax" (Netherlands) - "Rostov" (Russia) "Young Boys" (Switzerland) - "Gladbach Borussia" (Germany) "Villarreal" (Spain) - "Monaco" (France)
