Tottenham Hotspur To Play Boys

Today saw the draw for the 3rd qualifying round for this season's Champions League.  As well as the likes of Sampdoria, Werder Bremen and Ajax it also saw Tottenham Hotspur enter the draw and they have been landed a plum tie, they have been drawn against Swiss side Young Boys of Berne.

The first leg will take place on August 17th/18th at the Berner Sport Club with the return leg taking place at White Hart Lane on August 24th/25th.

Tottenham will be hot favourites to progress and should they win the tie they will enter the riches of the Champions League Group Stage.

Other ties that stand out are the "derbies" between Braga of Portugal who entertain Spanish side Sevilla and an all Scandanavian tie will see Norways Rosenborg take on Danish rivals Copenhagen.

The complete draw was as follows:

FC Zenit St Petersburg (Russia) v AJ Auxerre (France)
SV Werder Bremen (Germany) v UC Sampdoria (Italy)
SC Braga (Portugal) v Sevilla (Spain)
BSC Young Boys (Switzerland) v Tottenham Hotspur (England)
FK Partizan (Serbia) v RSC Anderlecht (Belguim)
Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) v MSK Zilina (Slovakia)
FC Basel (Switzerland) v FC Sheriff (Moldova)
Rosenborg BK (Norway) v FC Copenhagen (Denmark)
FC Red Bull Salzburg (Austria) v Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel)
Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) v Ajax Amsterdam (Holland)

EUROPA LEAGUE DRAW TO FOLLOW