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RB Salzburg also won the second leg against Maccabi Tel Aviv
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The Austrian soccer series champion Red Bull Salzburg has reached the group stage of the Champions League for the second time in a row.
The team of US coach Jesse Marsch won the play-off second leg against Israeli title holder Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-1 (2-1), the Austrians had already won the first leg 2-1.
Salzburg qualified for the premier class for the first time in 2019 after eleven unsuccessful attempts.
The four pots from which the eight groups will be drawn on Thursday in Geneva (5 p.m. / Sky and DAZN) have now been determined:
POT 1:
Bayern Munich, Sevilla FC, Real Madrid, Liverpool FC, Juventus Turin, Paris St. Germain, Zenit St. Petersburg, Porto FC
POT 2:
Borussia Dortmund, FC Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Chelsea, Ajax Amsterdam
POT 3:
RB Leipzig, Dynamo Kiev, Red Bull Salzburg, Inter Milan, Olympiacos Piraeus, Lazio Rome, FK Krasnodar, Atalanta Bergamo
POT 4:
Borussia Mönchengladbach, Lokomotiv Moscow, Olympique Marseille, FC Brugge, Istanbul Basaksehir, FC Midtjylland, Stade Rennes, Ferencvaros Budapest
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