The final match of the Europa League put everything in its place.

The UEFA Europa League final, in which Spanish Villarreal beat English Manchester United in a penalty shootout (1: 1, 11:10 - pens. ), allowed us to find out the final list of potential rivals of Shakhtar Donetsk in the third qualifying round of the next season of the UEFA Champions League, where the Pitmen got as the silver medalist of the Ukrainian Premier League this season.

Villarreal - Manchester United 1: 1 (11:10) Video goals and match review Since the yellow submarine won the second most important club competition in the Old World, it will immediately go to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, which meant only the fact that.

The draw for this stage will take place on July 19, and the matches will take place on 3-4 and 10 August, while the Monegasques will be seeded, along with Shakhtar, Benfica and the best team from the second round pair, in which Celtic and one of the three teams will play: Galatasaray.

Also, PSV and Sparta take part in the second round as seeded teams..

But in the final battles of the playoffs, Monaco may well go to the newly-minted Italian team Roberto De Dzerbi, since only representatives of Ukraine, Portugal and the Russian Federation (Spartak) will be seeded at this stage.. Our team has no chance to play with the latter due to the UEFA regulations.

The draw for the play-off round will take place on 2 August, matches - 17-18 and 24-25 August.

It should be noted that Shakhtar, in case of failure in one of the rounds, will continue to play in the UEFA Europa League.