CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS: ALL EYES ON VALENCIA VS MONACO IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT CLASHES
Following Manchester United’s convincing win over Club Bruges on Tuesday, the UEFA Champions League play-off round continues on Wednesday night with five crucial first-leg encounters as teams battle for a place in the group stage.
The standout fixture sees AS Monaco travel to Spain to face Valencia CF in what promises to be an intense and high-quality contest between two sides with recent experience in European competition. Monaco, semi-finalists in 2004 and quarter-finalists just last year, will look to take a valuable result back to the Stade Louis-II. Valencia, returning to Champions League action, will be aiming to make home advantage count.
Here is the full line-up of Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League play-off fixtures (kick-off at 19:45 BST):
FC Basel (Switzerland) vs Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
Celtic (Scotland) vs Malmö FF (Sweden)
Rapid Vienna (Austria) vs Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
Skënderbeu (Albania) vs Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
Valencia CF (Spain) vs AS Monaco (France)
These fixtures mark the first leg of the final qualification hurdle before the lucrative and prestigious group stage, where Europe’s elite clubs await. The second legs will be played next week.
