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Inter, Liverpool Get easy Europa League opponents

Malta Independent Saturday, 21 July 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago

Inter will make their Europa League debut with a home leg first against Hajduk Split of Croatia or Skonto of Latvia in the third qualifying round.

Inter dropped into UEFA’s second-tier competition this season after seven straight years in the Champions League, which it won in 2010.

Liverpool, the 2005 Champions League winners, also featured in yesterday’s draw, and will travel first to face Renova of Macedonia or Gomel of Belarus.

Athletic Bilbao, runners-up last season, are at home first against Croatia’s Slaven Koprivnica or Northern Ireland’s Portadown.

Marseille are away first against Eskisehirspor of Turkey or St. Johnstone of Scotland.

First-leg matches are played on 2 August. Return matches are on 9 August.

Winners advance to a play-off round before the group stage.

Third Qualifying Round Draw

Athletic Bilbao (Spain) vs. Slaven Koprivnica (Croatia) or Portadown (Northern Ireland)

Anzhi Makhachkala (Russia) or Honved (Hungary) vs. Lokomotiv Plovdiv (Bulgaria) or Vitesse Arnhem (Netherlands)

Inter Baku (Azerbaijan) or Asteras Tripolis (Greece) vs. Maritimo (Portugal)

Rapid Bucharest (Romania) or Myllykosken Pallo-47 (Finland) vs. Heerenveen (Netherlands)

Ruch Chorzow (Poland) or Metalurg Skopje (Macedonia) vs. Metalurgi Rustavi (Georgia) or Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic)

Horsens (Denmark) vs. Dacia Chisinau (Moldova) or Elfsborg (Sweden)

APOEL (Cyprus) or Senica (Slovakia) vs. Tirana (Albania) or Aalesunds (Norway)

Inter Milan (Italy) vs. Hajduk Split (Croatia) or Skonto (Latvia)

Vojvodina (Serbia) or Suduva (Lithuania) vs. Rapid Vienna (Austria)

Genk (Belgium) vs. Milsami Orhei (Moldova) or Aktobe (Kazakhstan)

Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia) or Tromso (Norway) vs. Metalurg Donetsk (Ukraine) or Celik Niksic (Montenegro)

Twente (Netherlands) or Inter Turku (Finland) vs. Mlada Boleslav (Czech Republic) or Thor Akureyri (Iceland)

Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv (Israel) or Shirak (Armenia) vs. PAOK (Greece)

Aarhus (Denmark) or Dila Gori (Georgia) vs. Levadia Tallinn (Estonia) or Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus)

Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) or Videoton (Hungary) vs. Differdange (Luxembourg) or Gent (Belgium)

AIK Solna (Sweden) or Hafnarfjordur (Iceland) vs. Xazar Lankaran (Azerbaijan) or Lech Poznan (Poland)

Eskisehirspor (Turkey) or St. Johnstone (Scotland) vs. Marseille (France)

Naftan Novopolotsk (Belarus) or Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) vs. Omonia (Cyprus)

Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) or FK Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina) vs. JJK Jyvaskyla (Finland) or Zeta (Montenegro)

Zalgiris (Lithuania) or Admira Wacker Moedling (Austria) vs. Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)

NK Osijek (Coatia) or Kalmar (Sweden) vs. Young Boys (Switzerland) or Zimbru Chisinaau (Moldova)

Dundee United (Scotland) vs. Dynamo Moscow (Russia)

Arsenal Kiev (Ukraine) vs. Mura (Slovenia) or CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria)

Bursaspor (Turkey) vs. Maccabi Netanya (Israel) or Kuopio (Finland)

Steaua Bucharest (Romania) vs. Spartak Trnava (Slovakia) or Sligo Rovers (Ireland)

Renova (Macedonia) or Gomel (Belarus) vs. Liverpool (England)

Shakhtyor Soligorsk (Belraus) or Ried (Austria) vs. Liepajas Metalurgs (Latvia) or Legia Warsaw (Poland)

Siroki Brijeg (Bosnia-Herzegovina) or St. Patrick’s Athletic (Ireland) vs. Hannover (Germany)

Servette (Switzerland) or Gandzasar Kapan (Armenia) vs. Rosenborg (Norway) or Ordabasy Shymkent (Kazakhstan).

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