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Today, during the draw ceremony in Nyon (Switzerland), the pairs of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League were revealed.
Perhaps the most interesting match promises to be the duel between Milan's Inter and Donetsk's Shakhtar, but equally intriguing are the pairs of Liverpool Everton vs Villarreal, Lisbon's Sporting vs Udinese, and Seville's Betis vs Monaco.
The winners of the Lithuanian FBK Kaunas and defending champions Liverpool will face the winners of the pairs FK Tirana of Albania and CSKA Sofia of the Bulgarian capital.
The first matches will be played on August 9-10, with the return matches on August 23-24.
All pairs of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League:
- FC Basel 1893 (SUI) - Werder Bremen (GER)
- FC Artmedia Bratislava (SVK) - Celtic FC (SCO) - FK Partizan (SCG) / FC Sheriff (MDA)
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) - FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
- Shelbourne FC (IRL) / FC Steaua Bucuresti (ROU) - Rosenborg BK (NOR)
- Manchester United FC (ENG) - Debreceni VSC (HUN) / HNK Hajduk Split (CRO)
- Malmö FF (SWE) / Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) - FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) / FC Thun (SUI)
- Everton FC (ENG) - Villarreal CF (ESP)
- FBK Kaunas (LTU) / Liverpool FC (ENG) - KF Tirana (ALB) / PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL)
- Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) - Udinese Calcio (ITA)
- Vålerenga IF (NOR) / FC Haka (FIN) - Club Brugge KV (BEL)
- F91 Dudelange (LUX) / SK Rapid Wien (AUT) - FK Rabotnicki (MKD) / FC Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS)
- RSC Anderlecht (BEL) / PFC Neftchi (AZE) - SK Slavia Praha (CZE)
- Anorthosis Famagusta FC (CYP) / Trabzonspor (TUR) - Rangers FC (SCO)
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) / Brondby IF (DEN) - AFC Ajax (NED)
- Real Betis Balompié (ESP) vs AS Monaco FC (FRA)
- Wisla Kraków (POL) vs Panathinaikos FC (GRE)
