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Rovers must advance through four qualifying rounds to enter the lucrative 36-team main phase starting in September.<\/p>\n<p>The second qualifying round will see former European Cup winner Red Star Belgrade enter the competition against Larne, the champion of Northern Ireland. Larne advanced Tuesday beating Tre Fiori of San Marino 2-1 for a 3-1 aggregate score.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6062\">Steve Yzerman abruptly steps down as general manager of the Detroit Red Wings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vikingur of Iceland got a 2-2 draw in Hungary against Gy\u0151ri ETO to advance 3-2 on aggregate and will face Hapoel Beer-Sheva in the next round. <\/p>\n<p>Vikingur could have to return to Hungary for the second leg on July 28 or 29. Israeli clubs cannot host their home games in UEFA competitions for security reasons, and Hapoel Beer-Sheva chose stadiums in Hungary as a neutral venue in European qualifying matches last season.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6060\">Baltics and Poland warn Russia could launch limited military or hybrid provocation against NATO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBLIN (AP) \u2014 World Cup star Roberto \u2018Pico\u2019 Lopes returned to action in the Champions&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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