City get Steaua Bucharest in Champions League playoff

Manchester City were on Friday drawn against Steaua Bucharest in the Champions League play-off round to be played over two legs in August.
The draws were made at UEFA’s Nyon headquarters.
Pep Guardiola’s side will start with a trip away to Romania on the 16 or 17 August before hosting the 1985-86 European Cup winners in Manchester on the 23 or 24 August.
Guardiola is hoping to better last season’s run to the semi-finals of the competition under Manuel Pellegrini.

Italian side Roma will try to grab a place at this year’s European prestigious competition ahead of FC Porto of Portugal while Netherland’s Ajax face Russia-based FC Rostov.

The Full Draw
Steaua Bucharest (ROM) – Manchester City (ENG)
FC Porto (POR) – Roma (ITA)
Ajax (NED) – FC Rostov (RUS)
Young Boys Berne (SUI) – Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER)

Villarreal (ESP) – Monaco (FRA)
Ludogorets (BUL) – Viktoria Plzen (CZE)
Celtic (SCO) – Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
Copenhagen (DEN) – APOEL Nicosia (CYP)
Dundalk (IRL) – Legia Warsaw (POL)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) – Salzbourg (AUT)























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