SRFC seeded for the main event
DCFC and the BSC will just use the country coefficient unseeded
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UEFA are producing a list of COVID red countries per the israeli FA
now i have no idea how a country gets on this but israel is per their FA so if any of their clubs are drawn at home they will play in hungary poland cyprus or greece
@Rocko i know you alluded to this earlier
UEFA publishes COVID-19 protocols in a bid to ensure normal European football in 2020/21
UEFA have this evening published a list of rules around COVID-19 to ensure that Europa League and Championsâ League matches occur as normal over the course of the 2020/21 campaign.
The UEFA Executive Committee met on Tuesday to approve these new regulations, which will uniquely come into effect for next seasonâs matches and not the games coming this month to complete the 2019/20 campaign.
Amongst the rules, UEFA has placed the burden on the home side to find an alternative stadium, in a neutral country, if their opponent faces national government restrictions on the part of the home clubâs government that bans them from travelling to the home sideâs country. If the home club fails to find an alternative venue, then they forfeit the match by default and will lose the game.
If restrictions are imposed by governments at the last minute impacting a match from being played, then whichever clubâs country is responsible for the match not occurring will lose the match by forfeit.
If a team has 10 or more cases of COVID-19 inside their squad, then they will be obliged to play if they have 13 or more players (including one goalkeeper) available from their submitted A list. If they have less than 13 available, they will be able to field players who were not initially included in a clubâs submitted squad for either the Europa League or Championsâ League. If they cannot get together a 13 man squad, then they will forfeit the match and lose 3-0.
If a referee suffers from COVID-19 and is designated to officiate a Championsâ League or Europa League match but is unable to do so, then in these extraordinary circumstances a referee of the same nationality as the home club will be able to referee the game.
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The groups for todayâs draw have been released.
Group 1
Seeded
Celtic (SCO)
Legia Warszawa (POL)
FerencvĂĄros (HUN)
Unseeded
DjurgÄrdens (SWE)
Winner of preliminary round: Drita (KOS)/Linfield (NIR)
KR ReykjavĂk (ISL)
Group 2
Seeded
Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Sheriff (MDA)
Sarajevo (BIH)
Unseeded
Fola Esch (LUX)
Connahâs Quay (WAL)
Europa (GIB)
Group 3
Seeded
Ludogorets (BUL)
CFR Cluj (ROU)
Omonia (CYP)
Unseeded
BuduÄnost Podgorica (MNE)
Ararat-Armenia (ARM)
Floriana (MLT)
Group 4
Seeded
Astana (KAZ)
QarabaÄ (AZE)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR)
Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)
Unseeded
Dynamo Brest (BLR)
Riga (LVA)
Tirana (ALB)
Sileks (MKD)
Group 5
Seeded
Molde (NOR)
Dundalk (IRL)
Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
SĆ«duva (LTU)
Unseeded
Flora Tallinn (EST)
KĂ (FRO)
Celje (SVN)
KuPS (FIN)
That should be a winnable tie for Dundalk whoever they get
Yeah. They got a better draw than Celtic there.
massive result for Linfield yesterday
i was watching online
2-0 win and Hery ex waterford hit a screamer - Billy fenlon delighted afterwards
they play Drita now on Tuesday - loosers enter UEFA cup qualifiers
dundalksâs possible opponents in bold
we need to verify green list . etc
Nk Celje are to be avoided at all costs - the rest are ok
Group 5
seeded: Molde FK, Dundalk, Slovan Bratislava, Suduva Marijampole
unseeded: Flora Tallinn, KI Klaksvik, NK Celje, KuPS Kuopio
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All easy enough tbh but scumdalk out of form. They will be fucked if they lose
peak 6 will be done
Bad draw for Dundalk
Who are Celje?
Linfield vs Legia
Celtic v Rejkjavik
Slovenia Champs
Good to avoid the Swedish champions.
champions of slovenia
thats a horrible draw altogether
1 legged affair
ok so now - how does this work slovenia isnt on the irish green list
can dundalk travel as they need to isolate for 14 days on return ? - im assuming this will go neutral
they need to beat Drita first thoâŠ
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same time tomorrow lads for second round draw
I assume it will move. Maybe to Slovakia?