Duo discover Euro fate
Friday 30 July, 2004
Inter will have to beat Basel to qualify for the Champions’ League, while Juventus will play either Djurgarden or Kaunas.
The draw for the third qualifying round took place this morning with the Nerazzurri having the most difficult task out of the Italian duo.
Inter, who have never played the Swiss team in European competition, will play the first leg away from home.
Juventus will be confident of getting through to the Champions’ League proper given their opponents.
They will play either Djurgarden of Sweden or Lithuanian minnows Kaunas. They still need to play the return leg of their second round tie that currently stands at 0-0.
The Bianconeri will entertain their opponents at the Stadio Delle Alpi in the first leg of the match.
There was a chance that Juve or Inter could face Benfica but Giovanni Trapattoni’s side have been handed a tough test against Anderlecht in the tie of the round.
The games will take place on August 10/11 and August 24/25.
Full draw:
Graz AK (Austria) v Liverpool (England)
Juventus (Italy) v Djurgarden (Sweden) or Kaunas (Lithuania)
SK Tirana (Albania) or Ferencvaros (Hungary) v APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus) or Sparta Prague (Czech Rep)
Rosenborg (Norway) or Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova) v Maccabi Haifa (Israel)
Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) v Banik Ostrava (Czech Republic)
Neftchi Baku (Azerbaijan) or CSKA Moscow (Russia) v Rangers (Scotland)
Pyunik (Armenia) or Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) v Club Bruges (Belgium) or Lokomotiv Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) v Skonto Riga (Latvia) or Trabzonspor (Turkey)
Young Boys (Switzerland) or Red Star Belgrade (Serbia & Montenegro) v PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Zilina (Slovakia) or Dinamo Bucharest (Romania) v Manchester United (England)
Basel (Switzerland) v Inter (Italy)
Benfica (Portugal) v Anderlecht (Belgium)
Deportivo La Coruna (Spain) v Hajduk Split (Croatia) or Shelbourne (Ireland)
PAOK Salonika (Greece) v HJK Helsinki (Finland) or Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
Nova Gorica (Slovenia) or FC Copenhagen (Denmark) v Monaco (France)
WIT Georgia Tbilisi (Georgia) or Wisla Krakow (Poland) v Real Madrid (Spain)