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INTERTOTO CUP: Stage set for Intertoto farewell

/noticias.info/ The lineup for the third and final round of the last edition of the UEFA Intertoto Cup has been completed with Denmark's Odense BK, Israel's Bnei Sakhnin FC and Greece's Panionios GSS all earning glamour ties as they battle for a place in the second qualifying round of the 2008/09 UEFA Cup.

Big clubs
The final edition of the traditional summer tournament will conclude over the next two weekends, with eleven teams sure to earn a shot at the UEFA Cup following the completion of the concluding fixtures. The third and final round sees eight more teams enter the tournament, representing the most powerful football associations in Europe, and guaranteeing tough fixtures for the clubs who have battled to get this far. Danish side OB can have no doubt of the severity of the task that faces them as they host Aston Villa FC this weekend, while Israel's Bnei Sakhnin have one-time UEFA Champions League group stage regulars RC Deportivo La Coruña to contend with. Panionios host Italy's SSC Napoli and Russian side FC Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast will take on 2007 Bundesliga champions VfB Stuttgart.

Border crossing
NAC Breda, another side kicking off their campaign in the third round, must hit the ground running if they are to eliminate European veterans Rosenborg BK, while Ukraine's SC Tavriya Simferopol travel to Stade Rennais FC as they look to mark their 50th anniversary year with a run to the UEFA Cup. Budapest Honvéd FC have a shorter journey as they cross the border into Austria to take on SK Sturm Graz, but Portugal's SC Braga will be racking up the air miles as they visit Turkey's Sivasspor. FK Rīga make a short hop over the Baltic to meet Sweden's IF Elfsborg, Grasshopper-Club meet PFC Chernomorets Burgas and Azerbaijan's PFC Neftçi take on Romania's SC Vaslui for their place in the UEFA Cup.
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