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Second in the Champions League draw: Maccabi Tel Aviv's five possible rivals

The most dangerous homeland, Mitioland and Omonia dream of a historic appearance in the home stage, Frantzvarosh fears the "Israeli curse" and the older Dynamo Brest is the most comfortable lottery. Ahead of the draw for the third qualifying round (13:00)

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Maccabi Tel Aviv will know tomorrow (Monday, 13:00) who will be their opponent in the third qualifying round of the Champions League - one game to be held on September 15 or 16. The Israeli champion ousted Latvian Riga in the first round, closed an account with the Lithuanian Sudova in the second round and following the elimination of three champions with a higher score than her, will also be ranked in the third round draw.

This time there is no need to reduce and the five possible rivals are already known.

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One victory distance from ensuring a warm winter. Maccabi Tel Aviv players (Photo: Lilach Weiss)

Molde

The strongest team on the list is the Norwegian Molde, which has won the championship for the fourth time in its history (all in the last decade) and this season is in second place after 16 rounds. Molde has never met an opponent from Israel, and was in the home stage of the Champions League only once, in the 1999/00 season. On the way to the third round she defeated the Finnish Kops 0: 5 and in the second round she made a comeback in Slovenia and defeated Roast 1: 2. Coach Arling Moe, who replaced club legend Ola Gunnar Solskjaer, relies heavily on a local squad, led by captain Magnus Wolf Aikram. The star is Nigerian striker Leca James. The Danish champions

Mittyland

(three wins, all in the last decade for a club founded only in 1999) defeated Ludogorets in Bulgaria and dream of a historic appearance in the home stage of the Champions League, after being once in the Europa League houses. Brian Friska, a former defender for the Danish national team, was appointed coach about a year ago after a long period as an assistant and led to an impressive championship win with a 16-point gap from Copenhagen. Veteran goalkeeper Yasper Hansen commanded the best defense in the league along with national team stopper Arik Svyatchenko, and in the attack there was a division among a host of scorers the senior of whom was the Brazilian Avander with nine goals. Veterans Ronny Schwartz and Lasse Viva reinforced the January attack.

The Yellows hope to avoid his homeland. Captain Magnus Wolf Ice Cream (Photo: Reuters)

Franzvaros

Maccabi Tel Aviv ousted the Hungarian team two years ago in the first round of the Europa League qualifiers, and in fact there was not yet an Israeli representative who was ousted by a team from Hungary. But the current Franzwarush is better than she was in 2018, and so far she has recorded two surprising victories over Jorgoden at home and Celtic away. Sergei Revarov, Ukraine's legendary former striker, is the coach who has signed two consecutive Green Eagles championships, out of the club's 31 in total. Tokmak Angoan, Norwegian-Sudanese-Kenyan won the Celtic, was the top scorer last season and his side have many foreigners, including ex Beitar Marcel Heister.

AC Omonia

Group Cypriot overthrown by Beitar Jerusalem Europa League qualifier four years ago, will not In the championship in a season that was interrupted by the Corona, but entered the Champions League qualifiers as ranked first only thanks to an advantage in the internal balance against Anorthosis. Norwegian coach Henning Berg celebrated at the expense of ex-girlfriend Legia Warsaw with 0: 2 in overtime in Poland in the previous round, and the most prominent names in his squad are Spanish captain Jordi Gomes and French midfielder Eric Botak. Czech scorer Michael Jurish came from Anorthosis to lead Omonia to the first ever home stage.

Dynamo Brest the

most comfortable rival of the five is the Belarusian champions, who after the historic title celebrations are going through a bad season in 2020 and are ranked only in 10th place. Former midfielder Sergei Kovalchuk returned to the job earlier this year and oligarch Alexander Zaitsev is expecting his first European success. Dynamo Brest defeated Astana 3: 6 in the first round, and doubles scorers Mikhail Gordeychuk and Abdulai Diallo also found the net in 2: 2 over Sarajevo in the second round. The senior names on the roster are veteran Ukrainians Artem Milevsky and Vivgeni Khacharidi, and in general this is an older roster that also includes Alice Bakai from Albania (one appearance at Hapoel Raanana) and locals Sergei Kisliak and Sergei Krivetz.

Will he come with Frantzvarosh? Marcel Heister (Photo: GettyImages)

On Tuesday, there will also be a draw for the playoffs, in which Maccabi Tel Aviv will no longer be ranked. In this lottery, too, the possibilities are known, and of course much more difficult. If they go through the third round, the Yellows will be able to face Austrian Red Bull Salzburg, Greek Olympiacos, Czech Slavia Prague or rising from the game of Croatian Dynamo Zagreb.

So far, Maccabi Tel Aviv has promised grants of 1.14 million euros. Promotion to the playoffs of the Champions League will guarantee the Israeli champions at least entry into the home stage of the Europa League, which is worth another base grant of 2.92 million euros. A third appearance in the home stage of the Champions League will of course be much more significant and will enrich the club's coffers by 15.5 million euros.

Continuation of the Champions League schedule:

Third round draw: 31 August
Game: 15-16 September

Playoff draw: 1 September
Games: first on 22-23 September, rematch on 29-30 September Home

stage draw: 1 October Home
stage games : October 20 to December 9

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