Before this, the Krivoy Rog club must cope with the Czech “Victoria” Pilsen.
On Monday, August 5, the draw for the playoff round of qualifying for the Europa League of the 2024/25 season took place in Nyon, Switzerland, during which its possible opponent at this stage of the tournament, Krivoy Rog Krivbass recognized.
If Yuri Vernidub’s team passes the Czech “Victoria” Pilsen in the third qualifying round, then they will then fight for a ticket to the group stage with the Scottish “ Hearts.”
The matches of the playoff round of Europa League qualification will take place on August 22 and 29.
Note that the Kryvyi Rih team's matches with Victoria Pilsen are scheduled for August 8 and 15. The first match will be nominally home for the bronze medalist of the Ukrainian championship and will take place in the Slovak city of Kosice, the game will begin at 21:00 Kiev time.
If Vernidub's charges cannot beat the Czech team, they will continue to fight for the European Cup in the fall the playoff round of the Conference League qualification.
We would like to add that the Krivoy Rog team has already started in the new UPL draw. In the first round, “Krivbass” defeated “Chernomorets” on its own field.
It was previously reported that Dynamo Kiev recognized a potential opponent in the play-off round Champions League qualification rounds.