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Europa League finalists Rangers will have to negotiate past RoyaleUnion Saint-Gilloise in the Champions League third qualifying round, where PSV meet Monaco.Giovanni van Bronckhorsts side entered NBA Houston Rockets Jeresy the qualifying stages through their second-place finish in last seasons Scottish Premiership, where winners progre s to the play-off stage and losers go automatically into the Europa League group stage.Rangers also embarked on Charles Barkley Jersey an impre siverun to the Europa League final last season, getting past Boru sia Dortmund, Braga and RB Leipzig before being defeated on penalties by Eintracht Frankfurt in Seville.Union finished second in Belgiums First Division A after a 48-year top-flight absence and will pose a tough task in Jeff Green Jersey the two-legged clash, with the first meeting on August 2-3 before the return tie a week later.Rangers lost at this round to Malmo last year and last made the group stage of UEFAs premier club competition backin 2010-11. PSV were beaten Europa Conference League quarter-finalists last season, but the team now led byRuud van Nistelrooy earned a shot at the Champions League after finishing second in the Eredivisie, and will face Monaco.The Ligue 1 side seemed set to Austin Rivers Jersey secure group-stage qualification themselves but will have to battlethrough qualification after they were pipped forsecond place on the final day of theseason by Marseille.In the other league path fixtures, the winner of Dynamo KyivandFenerbahce will meet AustriasSturm Graz, while last years Clint Capela Jersey Champions League quarter-finalists Benfica will face eitherMidtjylland or AEK Larnaca.The draw for the Champions League play-off round will be on August 1, with those ties taking place over August 16-17 and 23-24. |
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