Pairs connected for third qualifying stage

There is no doubt that clubs attention in the following two weeks will be on the second elimination phase. However, today the European organization went one step further when the draw was made for the penultimate qualifying round of the two competitions.

As always first came the pairs from the Champions league. For this stage the schedule says that on 03 and 04 August will be played leg one, while all the deciders are going to be known seven nights later.

Dinamo Zagreb or Omonia - Legia or Flora.
Lincoln red imps or Cluj - Slovan Bratislava or Young boys Bern.
Olympiacos or Neftci - Mura or Ludogorets.
Kairat or Crvena zvezda - Alashkert or Sheriff.
Malmo or HJK - Glasgow rangers.
Ferencvaros or Zalgiris - Slavia Praha.
PSV or Galatasaray - Celtic or Midtjylland.
Spartak Moskva - Benfica.
Genk - Shakhtar Donetsk.
Monaco - Rapid Wien or Sparta Praha.

Conference league has triple more matches (exactly 32 pairs have been formed), where each of them have to finish on two dates: 05 and 12 August. Of course, as we are used to, some may be staged ever earlier than that.

Dinamo Tbilisi or Maccabi Haifa - HB or Buducnost.
Linfield or Borac Banja Luka - Shakhtyor Soligorsk or Fola.
Shamrock rovers - Teuta or Inter club d'Escaldes.
Riga or Shkendija - Folgore or Hibernians.
Prishtina or Connah's Quay nomads - Valur or Bodo/Glimt.
KuPS or Vorskla - Astana or Aris.
Sochi or Kesla - Partizan or Dunajska Streda.
Ararat or Slask - Arda or Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Shkupi or Santa clara - Olimpija or Birkirkara.
Ujpest or Vaduz - Basel or Partizani.
Kolos - FcsB or Shakhter.
Elfsborg or Milsami - Velez or AEK.
Pacos de ferreira - Larne or Aarhus.
Luzern - Drita or Feyenoord.
Hibernian or Santa coloma - Gzira or Rijeka.
Austria Wien or Breidablik - Aberdeen or Hacken.
Trabzonspor - Molde or Servette.
F91 Diddeleng or Bohemians - PAOK.
Kauno or The new saints - Viktoria or Dinamo Brest.
Suduva or Rakow - Rubin.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv or Slovacko - Kobenhavn or Torpedo Zhodino.
Cukaricki or Sumqayit - Hammarby or Maribor.
Hajduk or Tobol - Apollon or Zilina.
Panevezys or Vojvodina - LASK.
AEL or Vllaznia - Qarabag or Ironi Ashdod.
Spartak Trnava or Sepsi - Sutjeska or Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Hafnarfjordur or Rosenborg - Domzale or Honka.
Universitatea or Laci - Anderlecht.
Vitesse or Dundalk - Levadia.
Dinamo Batumi or BATE - Petrocub or Sivasspor.
Rigas futbola skola or Puskas akademia - Gent or Valerenga.
CSKA Sofia or Liepaja - Pogon or Osijek.

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Knockout round from next weekend

The exciting Gold Cup competition is slowly completing group stage plays and from the following weekend the first knockout phase is commencing. As it stands, on one night two groups are going to finish, so all the participants for the next round it is expected to be revealed on the midweek. Below is given the original schedule of the competition, however we are used by now to experience late kick-offs (especially for second games):

21 July, Wednesday at 01.00 CET: Costa Rica - Jamaica.

21 July, Wednesday at 01.00 CET: Suriname - Guadeloupe.

21 July, Wednesday at 03.00 CET: Honduras - Qatar.

21 July, Wednesday at 03.00 CET: Panama - Grenada.

Part from quarter-finals

25 July, Saturday at 01.30 CET: first placed team of group D - runner up from group A.

25 July, Saturday at 04.00 CET: winner of group A - team that finished second at group D.

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Middle elimination phases

At the second part of this month commences the second qualifying phase of the two European club competitions. There are many different kick off times of the following 67 pairs, while one club is forced to play on neutral ground. Whole schedule is saying that for the debut tournament competition three consecutive nights will be used for games for the first time this summer which is looking like this for:

Champions league

Tuesday, 20 July at 17.00 CET: Alashkert - Sheriff.

Tuesday, 20 July at 18.00 CET: Lincoln red imps - Cluj.

Tuesday, 20 July at 20.00 CET: Dinamo Zagreb - Omonia.

Tuesday, 20 July at 20.00 CET: Ferencvaros - Zalgiris.

Tuesday, 20 July at 20.30 CET: Rapid Wien - Sparta Praha.

Tuesday, 20 July at 20.45 CET: Celtic - Midtjylland.

Wednesday, 21 July at 16.00 CET: Kairat - Crvena zvezda.

Wednesday, 21 July at 19.00 CET: Malmo - HJK.

Wednesday, 21 July at 20.00 CET: Mura - Ludogorets.

Wednesday, 21 July at 20.30 CET: Slovan Bratislava - Young boys Bern.

Wednesday, 21 July at 21.00 CET: Legia - Flora.

Wednesday, 21 July at 21.00 CET: Olympiacos - Neftci.

Wednesday, 21 July at 21.00 CET: PSV - Galatasaray.

...and the Conference league.

Tuesday, 20 July at 17.55 CET: Domzale - Honka.

Tuesday, 20 July at 18.00 CET: Kauno - The new saints.

Tuesday, 20 July at 18.00 CET: Prishtina - Connah's Quay nomads.

Tuesday, 20 July at 21.00 CET: Folgore - Hibernians.

Wednesday, 21 July at 20.00 CET: Cukaricki - Sumqayit.

Thursday, 22 July at 15.00 CET: Ararat - Slask.

Thursday, 22 July at 15.00 CET: Astana - Aris.

Thursday, 22 July at 16.30 CET: AEL - Vllaznia.

Thursday, 22 July at 17.30 CET: Panevezys - Vojvodina.

Thursday, 22 July at 18.00 CET: Austria Wien - Breidablik.

Thursday, 22 July at 18.00 CET: KuPS - Vorskla.

Thursday, 22 July at 18.00 CET: Molde - Servette.

Thursday, 22 July at 18.00 CET: Olimpija - Birkirkara.

Thursday, 22 July at 18.00 CET: Qarabag - Ironi Ashdod.

Thursday, 22 July at 18.00 CET: Rigas futbola skola - Puskas akademia.

Thursday, 22 July at 18.00 CET: Sochi - Kesla.

Thursday, 22 July at 18.30 CET: Dinamo Tbilisi - Maccabi Haifa.

Thursday, 22 July at 18.30 CET: F91 Diddeleng - Bohemians.

Thursday, 22 July at 18.45 CET: Elfsborg - Milsami.

Thursday, 22 July at 18.45 CET: Hammarby - Maribor.

Thursday, 22 July at 19.00 CET: Apollon - Zilina.

Thursday, 22 July at 19.00 CET: CSKA Sofia - Liepaja.

Thursday, 22 July at 19.00 CET: Dinamo Batumi - BATE.

Thursday, 22 July at 19.00 CET: Gzira - Rijeka.

Thursday, 22 July at 19.00 CET: Kobenhavn - Torpedo Zhodino.

Thursday, 22 July at 19.00 CET: Laci - Universitatea.

Thursday, 22 July at 19.00 CET: Lokomotiv Plovdiv - Slovacko.

Thursday, 22 July at 19.00 CET: Petrocub - Sivasspor.

Thursday, 22 July at 19.00 CET: Riga - Skendija.

Thursday, 22 July at 19.00 CET: Suduva - Rakow.

Thursday, 22 July at 19.00 CET: Teuta - Inter club d'Escaldes.

Thursday, 22 July at 19.00 CET: Viktoria - Dinamo Brest.

Thursday, 22 July at 20.00 CET: Arda - Hapoel Be'er Sheva.

Thursday, 22 July at 20.00 CET: HB - Buducnost.

Thursday, 22 July at 20.00 CET: Shkupi - Santa clara.

Thursday, 22 July at 20.15 CET: Basel - Partizani.

Thursday, 22 July at 20.30 CET: Gent - Valerenga.

Thursday, 22 July at 20.30 CET: FcsB - Shakhter.

Thursday, 22 July at 20.30 CET: Larne - Aarhus.

Thursday, 22 July at 20.30 CET: Sutjeska - Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Thursday, 22 July at 20.30 CET: Velez - AEK.

Thursday, 22 July at 20.45 CET: Aberdeen - Hacken.

Thursday, 22 July at 20.45 CET: Hibernian - Santa coloma.

Thursday, 22 July at 20.45 CET: Linfield - Borac Banja Luka.

Thursday, 22 July at 20.45 CET: Spartak Trnava - Sepsi.

Thursday, 22 July at 21.00 CET: Drita - Feyenoord.

Thursday, 22 July at 21.00 CET: Dundalk - Levadia.

Thursday, 22 July at 21.00 CET: FH - Rosenborg.

Thursday, 22 July at 21.00 CET: Hajduk - Tobol.

Thursday, 22 July at 21.00 CET: Partizan - Dunajska Streda.

Thursday, 22 July at 21.00 CET: Pogon - Osijek.

Thursday, 22 July at 21.00 CET: Ujpest - Vaduz.

Thursday, 22 July at 21.00 CET: Valur - Bodo/Glimt.

Thursday, 22 July at 21.30 CET: Shakhtyor - Fola (playing at Miskolc, Hungary).

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Ninety five seconds that changed the game

North, Central American and Caribbean championship - Gold Cup 2021, round 3, night 09, duel 17:

United States of America - Canada 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 20 seconds Shaquell Moore

North, Central American and Caribbean championship - Gold Cup 2021, round 3, night 09, duel 18:

Martinique - Haiti 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 03 (02.46) Carnejy Antoine

               1:1 53 (52.22) Kevin Fortune

               1:2 61 (60.26) Ricardo Ade

- On a negative side, Martinique is the absolute record holder in this tournament, because two of its defenders had to depart early in this game for two deserved direct red cards: at 59 (58.51) first to wave goodbye was Sebastien Cretinoir, and Patrick Burner joined him in the dressing room on 78 (77.29).

North, Central American and Caribbean championship - Gold Cup 2021, round 3, night 09, duel 19:

Guatemala - Trinidad and Tobago 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 12 (11.55) Reon Moore

               1:1 77 (76.57) Gerardo Gordillo

North, Central American and Caribbean championship - Gold Cup 2021, round 3, night 09, duel 20:

Mexico - El Salvador 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 25 (25.05) Luis Alfonso Rodriguez (also known as Chaka)

Additional information: four teams of the two pairs that have played tonight (United States of America and Canada from group B, together with Mexico and El Salvador of group A) have qualified for the first knockout phase.

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Victory was kept after all on a turbulent match

North, Central American and Caribbean championship - Gold Cup 2021, round 2, night 08, duel 15:

Grenada - Qatar 0:4

Scorers: 0:1 11 (10.54) Abdulaziz Hatem 

               0:2 22 (21.34) Akram Afif

               0:3 36 (35.45) Mohammed Muntari

               0:4 46 (45.34) Almoez Ali Mohamed Abdulla

North, Central American and Caribbean championship - Gold Cup 2021, round 2, night 08, duel 16:

Panama - Honduras 2:3

Scorers: 0:1 21 (21.02) Romell Quioto

               1:1 32-pen (31.58) Eric Davies

               2:1 45+1 (45.55) Cesar Yanis

               2:2 60 (60.18) Alexander Lopez

               2:3 65 (64.23) Romell Quioto

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