Champions League draw

[Hoof Hearted]

Live -
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Third qualifying round draw:

Anorthosis/Rapid Vienna v Olympiakos
Vitoria Guimaraes v IFK Gothenburg/Basel
Shakhtar Donetsk v Domzale/Dinamo Zagreb
Schalke 04 v Atletico Madrid
Aalborg/Modrica v RANGERS/Kaunas
Barcelona v Beitar Jerusalem/Wisla Krakow
Levski Sofia v Anderlecht/BATE
Standard Liege v LIVERPOOL
Inter Baku/Partizan v Fenerbahce/MTK Budapest
FC Twente v ARSENAL
Spartak Moscow v Drogheda/Dinamo Kiev
Juventus v Tampere/Artmedia
SK Brann/Ventspils v Marseille
Fiorentina v Slavia Prague
Galatasaray v Steaua Bucharest
Panathinaikos/Dinamo Tbilisi v Sheriff Tiraspol/Sparta Prague

[Gold]

if Drogs beat Kiev 2-0 they mite be fit for Moscow--but its a big if

imagine an irish team in the Champions League group stages!

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Forces of Darkness get their obligatory "easy" draw 
IF they manage to beat Kaunas..... 

[T Fearon]

Didn't Shel's almost reach the group stages a few years ago, only to be denied by Deportivo La Coruna?

[Doogie Browser]

Wally with the brolly will be at the Emirates!

[corn02]

Fair play for Drogheda, an impressive team, pity about the late goal.

[Main Street]

Shouldn't that list of CL fixtures read like this, as taken from the RTE site 


The draw in full for the Champions League third qualifying round:

Anorthosis Famagusta/Rapid Vienna v Olympiacos

Vitoria Guimaraes v IFK Gothenburg/FC Basle

Shakhtar Donetsk v NK Domzale/Dinamo Zagreb

Schalke v Atletico Madrid

Aalborg/FK Modrica v Rangers/Kaunas

Barcelona v Beitar Jerusalem/Wisla Krakow

Levski Sofia v Anderlecht/BATE

Standard Liege v Liverpool

Inter Baku/FK Partizan v Fenerbahce/MTK Budapest

FC Twente v Arsenal

Spartak Moscow v DROGHEDA UNITED/Dinamo Kiev

Juventus v Tampere/Artmedia

Brann/Ventspils v Marseille

Fiorentina v Slavia Prague

Galatasaray v Steaua Bucharest

Panathinaikos/Dinamo Tbilisi v Sheriff Tiraspol/Sparta Prague

[Chrisowc]

Shouldn't that list of CL fixtures read like this, as taken from the RTE site 

Not from the outside looking in 

[Main Street]

More news from the inside 

St Pat's draw IF Elfsborg in the UEFA cup

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0801/stpats.html

"Elfsborg beat FK Riga in the final round of the Intertoto Cup, the team who knocked out Bohemians at the previous stage".
and are 2nd in the Swedish league.

Tough enough, Pats play the away leg first, must be seeded?

[nifan]

2 tough games for the drogs, but id love to see them get through.

[The Real Laoislad]

Didn't Shel's almost reach the group stages a few years ago, only to be denied by Deportivo La Coruna?

They came as close as anyone has i suppose,They drew 0-0 with Deportivo in Landsdowne but lost 3-0 out in Spain,I was at the game in Landsdowne and Shel's should have won 1 or 2 nil that night

[GalwayBayBoy]

Didn't Shel's almost reach the group stages a few years ago, only to be denied by Deportivo La Coruna?

Yep. Drew the first leg at home too if I remember right.

[Main Street]

2 tough games for the drogs, but id love to see them get through.

Drogheda are in the draw for the 3rd round but they have very little chance to get into the 3rd round past Kiev.

[Main Street]

Live on RTE 2
1/2 time in Kiev
Kiev 1 Drogheda 1
Just turned it on in time to see Drogheda equalise from the penalty spot, looked to be a soft penalty  but maybe the Ref spotted something dastardly.
After that a Kiev player took a dive in the Drogheda box and our fearless ref didn't want to know.

Dayo Richardson on the RTE panel thought it was an obvious penalty for Drogheda and the ref was right.
Thats what I like, a definite positive intelligent no nonsense bit of punditry

[magickingdom]

the drogs have had a few great chances to win this thing