Hundred eighty minutes away from glory

National championships slowly opens the new season but in some countries are yet to start. But for the following teams the priority is to stay much longer in Europe and every club's dream is to compete in the group stages. These teams are only two matches away from achieving that goal as they will make a name for themselves in the new season's competitions which will entertain us until December.
Which teams will have the strength to overcome this final hurdle we are going to find out next week with the final games. But next week is only the first 90 minutes...

Five pairs are divided into two days in the strongest competition. From this round all games in the Champions league are starting at the usual time - 20.45 CET.

Tuesday, 16 August: Ajax - Rostov.
Tuesday, 16 August: Dinamo Zagreb - Red Bull Salzburg.
Tuesday, 16 August: FC Copenhagen - APOEL Nicosia.
Tuesday, 16 August: Steaua - Manchester City.
Tuesday, 16 August: Young Boys - Borussia Moenchengladbach.

Wednesday, 17 August: Celtic - Hapoel Beer Sheva.
Wednesday, 17 August: Dundalk - Legia.
Wednesday, 17 August: Ludogorets Razgrad - Viktoria Plzen.
Wednesday, 17 August: Porto - Roma.
Wednesday, 17 August: Villarreal - Monaco.

One day earlier than expected, the Europa league happens to be the most interesting tournament from its predecessor. Lots of goals and plenty of surprises are expecting in the first leg.

Wednesday, 17 August at 18.00 CET: Beitar Jerusalem - St. Etienne.

Thursday, 18 August at 16.00 CET: Astana - BATE Borisov.
Thursday, 18 August at 18.00 CET: Dinamo Tbilisi - PAOK.
Thursday, 18 August at 18.15 CET: SonderjyskE - Sparta Prague.
Thursday, 18 August at 18.30 CET: Krasnodar - Partizani.
Thursday, 18 August at 18.30 CET: Midtjylland - Osmanlispor.
Thursday, 18 August at 19.00 CET: AEK Larnaca - Slovan Liberec.
Thursday, 18 August at 19.00 CET: Austria Vienna - Rosenborg.
Thursday, 18 August at 19.00 CET: Qabala- Maribor.
Thursday, 18 August at 19.00 CET: IFK Goteborg - Qarabag.
Thursday, 18 August at 19.00 CET: Maccabi Tel Aviv - Hajduk.
Thursday, 18 August at 19.00 CET: Slavia Prague - Anderlecht.
Thursday, 18 August at 19.30 CET: Basaksehir - Shakhtar Donetsk.
Thursday, 18 August at 20.00 CET: Fenerbahce - Grasshoppers.
Thursday, 18 August at 20.00 CET: Lokomotiva Zagreb - Genk.
Thursday, 18 August at 20.00 CET: Panathinaikos - Brondby.
Thursday, 18 August at 20.00 CET: Vojvodina - AZ Alkmaar.
Thursday, 18 August at 20.15 CET: Astra Giurgiu - West Ham.
Thursday, 18 August at 20.30 CET: Gent - Skendija.
Thursday, 18 August at 20.45 CET: Sassuolo - Crvena Zvezda.
Thursday, 18 August at 21.00 CET: Arouca - Olympiakos.
Thursday, 18 August at 21.05 CET: Trencin - Rapid Vienna.