Presenting the play-off stage

Unfortunately, the summer is slowly ending on the European continent, but before it finishes completely there is one more qualifying round to play for in both Cup competitions. The following 54 clubs has led us, round by round, to the last hurdle: the play-off phase. Only two matches are remaining before entering group phase, and next week we are introduced to the first 90 minutes. Unlike past 6 days, now everything is back to normal as we are having three days and nights of football again.

In this tournament there are not many games. Six pairs are divided equally at two nights on the Champions league. As part of the change for this season new time is introduced to us and this is going to transfer at the group stages as well. Thus, UEFA in advance wants to prepare us and we have to get used to it.

Tuesday, 21 August at 21.00 CET: BATE Borisov - PSV Eindhoven.
Tuesday, 21 August at 21.00 CET: Benfica - PAOK.
Tuesday, 21 August at 21.00 CET: Crvena Zvezda - Red Bull Salzburg.

Wednesday, 22 August at 21.00 CET: Ajax - Dynamo Kyiv.
Wednesday, 22 August at 21.00 CET: Videoton - AEK Athens.
Wednesday, 22 August at 21.00 CET: Young Boys Bern - Dinamo Zagreb.

Over here are 21 pairs so there are plenty of matches to choose from. All games from the Europa league will start in a space of 2 hours and 45 minutes and, believe or not, there are only 7 different times.

Thursday, 23 August at 18.00 CET: Torpedo Kutaisi - Ludogorets.
Thursday, 23 August at 18.00 CET: Zenit Saint Petersburg - Molde.
Thursday, 23 August at 19.00 CET: APOEL Nicosia - Astana.
Thursday, 23 August at 19.00 CET: Sheriff Tiraspol - Qarabag.
Thursday, 23 August at 19.00 CET: Sigma Olomouc - Sevilla.
Thursday, 23 August at 19.00 CET: Suduva - Celtic.
Thursday, 23 August at 19.00 CET: Trencin - AEK Larnaca.
Thursday, 23 August at 19.05 CET: Sarpsborg 08 - Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Thursday, 23 August at 19.15 CET: Malmo - Midtjylland.
Thursday, 23 August at 20.00 CET: Atalanta - FC Copenhagen.
Thursday, 23 August at 20.00 CET: Basel - Apollon Limassol.
Thursday, 23 August at 20.00 CET: Dudelange - CFR Cluj.
Thursday, 23 August at 20.00 CET: Olimpija Ljubljana - Spartak Trnava.
Thursday, 23 August at 20.00 CET: Olympiacos - Burnley.
Thursday, 23 August at 20.30 CET: Genk - Brondby.
Thursday, 23 August at 20.30 CET: Partizan - Besiktas.
Thursday, 23 August at 20.30 CET: Rapid Vienna - Steaua.
Thursday, 23 August at 20.30 CET: Zorya Luhansk - RasenBallsport Leipzig.
Thursday, 23 August at 20.45 CET: Gent - Bordeaux.
Thursday, 23 August at 20.45 CET: Glasgow Rangers - Ufa.
Thursday, 23 August at 20.45 CET: Rosenborg - Skendija.