Saturday 30th July 2005
ANFIELD ONLINE NEWS

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW

Liverpool, the Champions of Europe, have been drawn against either CSKA Sofia or Tirana in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. Assuming they complete the job against FK Kaunas this week in the 2nd leg, then they will be two matches from returning to the group stage of the tournament they won only weeks ago.

Everton will play Spanish third placed side, Villareal, Jose Reina's old club, which Man Utd could play Hadjuk Split in their match.

The full draw is:

Basle 1893 v Werder Bremen
Celtic or Artmedia Bratislava v Partizan Belgrade or FC Sheriff
Shakhtar Donetsk v Inter Milan
Steaua Bucharest or Shelbourne v Rosenborg
Manchester United v Hajduk Split or Debrecen
Malmo or Maccabi Haifa v Dynamo Kiev or FC Thun
Everton v Villarreal
Liverpool or Kaunas v CSKA Sofia or Tirana
Sporting Lisbon v Udinese
Valerenga or FC Haka v Club Brugges
Rapid Vienna or F91 Dudelange v Lokomotiv Moscow or Rabotnicki Kometal
Anderlecht or Neftchi v Slavia Prague
Trabzonspor or Anorthosis Famagusta v Rangers
Brondby or Dynamo Tbilisi v Ajax
Real Betis v Monaco
Wisla Krakow v Panathinaikos


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News report filed by The Editor