Fotbal, tragerile la sorti pentru cupele europene/ Putine echipe bune in primele rude preliminare

Formatul de desfasurare al Ligii Campionilor a redus numarul de partide din primul tur preliminar. Intâmplarea a facut ca echipele cu oarece nume din turul secund sa fie putine. Practic, BATE Borisov, Rosenborg, Malmo, Partizan Belgrad, Dinamo Zagreb, Slovan Bratislava si Maccabi Haifa pot fi in viitor adversare ale lui FC Vaslui sau Otelului Galati, dar fara a le induce acestora temeri deosebite.

LIGA CAMPIONILOR
* Primul tur preliminar (28-29 iunie, 5-6 iulie): Tre Fiori (San Marino) – Valletta FC (Malta), FC Santa Coloma (Andorra) – F91 Dudelange (Luxemburg);
* Al doilea tur preliminar (12-13 iulie, 19-20 iulie): Maccabi Haifa (Israel) – Borac Banja Luka (Bosnia-Hertegovina), FK Mogren (Muntenegru) – Litex Loveci (Bulgaria), NK Maribor (Slovenia) – FC Santa Coloma (Andorra)/F91 Dudelange (Luxemburg), KS Skenderbeu (Albania) – APOEL Nicosia (Cipru), SK Slovan Bratislava (Slovacia) – Tobol Kostanay (Kazahstan), Sturm Graz (Austria) – Videoton (Ungaria), FC Zestafoni (Georgia) – Dacia Chisinau (Rep. Moldova), Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) – Neftci Baku (Azerbaidjan), Pyunik Erevan (Armenia) – Viktoria Plzen (Cehia), Partizan Belgrad (Serbia) – Skendija 79 (Macedonia), Tre Fiori (San Marino)/Valletta FC (Malta) – FK Ekranas Kaunas (Lituania), Malmo FF (Suedia) – HB Torshavn (Ile. Feroe), Shamrock Rovers (IRL) – Flora Tallinn (Estonia), Rosenborg BK (Norvegia) – Breidablik (Islanda), HJK Helsinki (Finlanda) – Bangor City (Tara Galilor), Skonto Riga (Letonia) – Wisła Krakowia (Polonia), Linfield FC (Irlanda de Nord) – BATE Borisov (Belarus).

Nici reprezentantele României in Europa League, Dinamo, Steaua si Rapid, nu au posibili adversari tari, provenind din primele doua tururi preliminare. Echipe care au avut performante in trecutul departat sunt Austria Viena, Dinamo Tbilisi, Fulham si Ferencvaros Budapesta. Cât despre Gaz Metan Medias, adversara sa va fi echipa finlandeza KuPS Kuopio, un adversar extrem de accesibil.

EUROPA LEAGUE
* Primul tur preliminar (30 iunie, 7 iulie): Meci 1. KR Reykjavik (Islanda) – IF (Ile Feroe), 2. Daugava Riga (Letonia) – Tromso (Norvegia), 3. Elfsborg (Suedia) – Fola (Luxemburg), 4. The New Saints (Tara Galilor) – Cliftonville (Irlanda de Nord), 5. Honka (Finlanda) – Kalju (Estonia), 6. Fulham (Anglia) – NSI (Ile. Feroe), 7. IBV Vestmanneyjar (Islanda) – St. Patrik’s (Irlanda), 8. Hacken (Suedia) – Kaerjeng (Luxemburg), 9. Aelesund (Norvegia) – Neath (Tara Galilor), 10. Renova (Macedonia) – Glentoran Belfast (Irlanda de Nord), 11. Koper (Slovenia) – Karagandy (Kazahstan), 12. Banga (Lituania) – Quarabag (Azerbaidjan), 13. Paks (Ungaria) – UE Santa Coloma (Andorra), 14. Rabotnicki Nis (Macedonia) – Trans Narva (Estonia), 15. Radnicki Belgrad (Serbia) – Tre Penne (San Marino), 16. Buducnost Podgorica (Muntenegru) – Flamurtari Vlora (Albania), 17. Ulisses (Armenia) – Ferencvaros Budapesta (Ungaria), 18. Jagiellonia Byalystok (Polonia) – Irtish (Kazahstan), 19. Minsk (Belarus) – Olimpik Suvalan (Armenia), 20. Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia) – Milsami Orhei (Rep. Moldova), 21. Varazdin (Croatia) – Lusitans (Andorra), 22. Banants (Armenia) – Rustavi Metalurgist (Georgia), 23. Birkirkara (Malta) – Vlaznia Durres (Albania), 24. Siroki Brijeg (Bosnia-Hertegovina) – Olimpia Ljubljana (Slovenia), 25. Spartak Trnava (Cehia) – Zeta (Muntenegru).
* Al doilea tur preliminar (14 si 21 iulie): 22 – 18, Südüva (Lituania) – 3, Metalurg Skopje (Macedonia) – Lokomotiv Sofia (Bulgaria), Zeljeznicear Sarajevo (Bosnia-Hertegovina) – Sheriff Tiraspol (Rep. Moldova), KupS Kuopio (Finlanda) – Gaz Metan Medias (România), 19 – Gaziantepspor (Turcia), Iskra-Stal (Rep. Moldova) – 21, Tauras (Lituania) – Den Haag (Olanda), 10 – Vorskla (Ucraina), Juvenes/Dogana (San Marino) – 14, Orebro (Suedia) – FC Sarajevo (Bosnia-Hertegovina), Crusaders (Irlanda de Nord) – 6, Llaneli (Tara Galilor) – 20, Floriana La Valetta (Malta) – AEK Limassol (Cipru), Sahtior Soligorsk (Belarus) – Ventspils (Letonia), 16 – Jablonec (Cehia), 1 – Zilina (Slovacia), Mika Astarak (Armenia) – Valerenga Oslo (Norvegia), 24 – Bohemians Dublin (Irlanda), Domzale (Slovenia) – Split (Croatia), Differdange (Luxemburg) – Levadia Maardu (Estonia), Tirana (Albania) – 25, 17 – 9, Metalurgs Ljepajas (Letonia) – Salzburg (Austria), 15 – Olympiacos Volou (Grecia), 4 – Midtjylland (Danemarca), Kecskemet (Ungaria) – Aktobe (Kazahstan), 8 – 5, Gagra (Georgia) – Anorthosis Famagusta (Cipru), Vaduz (Liechtenstein) – Vojvodina Novi Sad (Serbia), Rudar Valenje (Muntenegru) – Austria Viena (Austria), Slask Wroclaw (Polonia) – Dundee United (Scotia), 11 – 7, EB/Streymur (Ile. Feroe) – 12, FH Hafnarfjordur (Islanda) – Nacional Madeira (Portugalia), 13 – 2, TPS Turku (Finlanda) – Westerlo (Belgia), Xazar Lankaran (Armenia) – Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel), 23 – FC Thun (Elvetia).

(P.K.)