UEFA Champions League play-off excitement begins
UEFA Champions League groups to be decided, Istanbul, August 29, 2018 (AA Photo)
The UEFA Champions League play-off round will start with matches to be played on Aug. 20-21. The rematch matches will be played on Aug. 27-28.
Thus, the last seven teams to compete in the Champions League will be determined by the play-off round.
Galatasaray, representing Türkiye, will play away against Swiss representative Young Boys on Wednesday, Aug. 21.
The last seven teams to compete in the new league format of the Champions League, which will be played with 36 teams, will be determined by the play-off round. All matches will start at 10:00 p.m. Turkish time.
The program of the play-off matches is as follows:
Matches on Aug. 20
GNK Dinamo-Karabakh
Bodo/Glimt-Red Star
Lille-Slavia Prague
Matches on Aug. 21
Midtjylland-Slovan Bratislava
Malmo-Sparta Prague
Dynamo Kiev-Salzburg
Young Boys-Galatasaray
