REDS TO FACE BELGIANS IN QUALIFIER

by Paul Eaton 01 August 2008,Liverpoolfc.tv

Liverpool have been paired with Belgian side Standard Liege in the third qualifying round for this season's Champions League.

The first leg is expected to be played in Belgium on 12/13 August with the return game at Anfield two weeks later. However, Liverpool would advise all supporters not to make travel arrangements until dates and venues have been confirmed. Standard Liege are aiming to qualify for the group stages of the competition for the first time in their history having ended a 25-year wait for their domestic league crown last season. The two teams last met in European competition back in the second round of the Cup Winners Cup campaign of 1965-66 when the Reds ran out 5-2 aggregate winners. The draw in full is as follows: 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