ASM must first validate its ticket for this round by having PSV Eindhoven in the 3rd qualifying round, this Tuesday (go) and August 9 (return).
At the same time, Union Saint-Gilloise, a Belgian club that had a surprise season last year, and Rangers, finalists in the last Europa League, are also competing to win a ticket for the play-offs, scheduled for 16- August 17 and 23-24.
In the play-offs, Monaco or PSV will receive in the return match against the Scots or the Belgians.
The Monegasques were cruelly eliminated in the play-offs last season, after extra time against the Ukrainians of Shakhtar Donetsk.
The champions of Denmark and Turkey (Copenhagen and Trabzonspor), the only national champions to enter the competition at this stage of the play-offs, had the misfortune to fall against each other in this draw.
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