Dynamo Kyiv, coached by Mircea Lucescu, could face Lisbon’s Benfica in the Champions League play-offs if both teams qualify for this phase of the competition, according to the draw held in Nyon on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, in the third preliminary round, “Benfica” will play at home against the Danes from “Midtjulland”, the return match is scheduled for August 9.

“Dynamo” Kyiv will play on Wednesday in Lodz (Poland) in a home match against the Austrians “Sturm” Graz, the return match will take place on August 9.

Dynamo Kyiv and Benfica were also opponents in the groups of the previous Champions League draw, the game in Ukraine ended in a 0:0 draw, after which the Lusitanians won 2:0 in Lisbon.

And the “Rangers” team, to which the Romanian player Yanis Hagi is registered, is waiting for a difficult way to the groups. If Union Saint-Gilloise, the vice-champion of Belgium, gets past, the Scottish team will beat Monaco or PSV Eindhoven in the playoffs, writes Agerpres.

The schedule of Champions League playoff matches

Karabakh (Azerbaijan)/Ferencvaros (Hungary) – Sherif Tiraspol (Moldova)/Viktoria Pilsen (Czech Republic)

Bodo/Glimt (Norway)/Zalgiris (Lithuania) – Ludogorets (Bulgaria)/Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)

Maccabi Haifa (Israel)/Apollo Limassol (Cyprus) – Crvena Zvezda Belgrade (Serbia)/Pyunik Yerevan (Armenia)

FC Copenhagen (Denmark) – Trabzonspor (Turkey)

Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine)/Sturm Graz (Austria) – Benfica Lisbon (Portugal)/FC Midtjylland (Denmark)

Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium)/Glasgow Rangers FC (Scotland) – AS Monaco (France)/PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands).