Dinamo Zagreb starts Champions League qualifying on the road

By: The Associated Press, Toronto Star Posted: 2:45 PM CDT Friday, Apr. 23, 2021 Last Modified: 2:50 PM CDT Friday, Apr. 23, 2021

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NYON, SWITZERLAND—Dinamo Zagreb’s path back to the Champions League group stage will start away to Cluj or Floriana in the second qualifying round draw made Monday by UEFA.

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NYON, SWITZERLAND—Dinamo Zagreb’s path back to the Champions League group stage will start away to Cluj or Floriana in the second qualifying round draw made Monday by UEFA.

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NYON, SWITZERLAND—Dinamo Zagreb’s path back to the Champions League group stage will start away to Cluj or Floriana in the second qualifying round draw made Monday by UEFA.

Soccer’s disrupted schedule during the coronavirus pandemic means draws and games in qualifying for the 2020-21 Champions League have started before the previous edition resumes Wednesday at the quarterfinals stage.

Dinamo will travel to Romania or Malta for a single-leg game in an empty stadium on Aug. 25 or 26. One year ago, Croatia’s champion advanced through three qualifying rounds then began the group stage beating current quarterfinalist Atalanta 4-0.

Darko Bandic - Associated Press file photo
Plzen midfielder Jean-David Beauguel (C) jumps for the ball with Dinamo Zagreb's Amer Gojak (R) during a match between Dinamo Zagreb and Viktoria Plzen in Zagreb, Croatia, on Feb. 21, 2019. Soccer’s disrupted schedule during the pandemic means draws and games in qualifying for the 2020-21 Champions League have started before the previous edition resumes Wednesday at the quarterfinals stage. — Darko Bandic - Associated Press file photo Plzen midfielder Jean-David Beauguel (C) jumps for the ball with Dinamo Zagreb's Amer Gojak (R) during a match between Dinamo Zagreb and Viktoria Plzen in Zagreb, Croatia, on Feb. 21, 2019. Soccer’s disrupted schedule during the pandemic means draws and games in qualifying for the 2020-21 Champions League have started before the previous edition resumes Wednesday at the quarterfinals stage.

In pairings of runners-up in higher-ranked domestic leagues, AZ Alkmaar got a home game against Viktoria Plzen and Lokomotiva Zagreb will host Rapid Vienna.

PAOK Thessaloniki was drawn at home to Besiktas. Though Besiktas placed third in the Turkish league, it took runner-up Trabzonspor’s Champions League entry because of a one-season ban for breaking UEFA’s financial monitoring rules.

Switzerland’s champion Young Boys will host Slovan Bratislava or KÍ of the Faroe Islands, who meet next week in the first qualifying round.

If Celtic gets past KR Reykjavík in the first qualifying round it will have another home game, against Ferencváros or Djurgården.