Monday, July 19, 2021 at 13:15• Chris Meijer • Last update: 13:20

PSV know who the opponent will be if the second qualifying round of the Champions League against Galatasaray is not survived. The draw in Nyon, Switzerland, showed on Monday afternoon that the loser of the diptych between PSV and Galatasaray in the third qualifying round of the Europa League will face St. Johnstone, who won the Scottish Cup last season and finished fifth in the Europa League. Premiership. The first legs in the third qualifying round of the Europa League will be played on August 5, after which the returns await a week later on August 12. PSV of Galatasaray starts with a home match against St. Johnstone. AZ only enters the play-off and will hear its opponent on August 2.

In the draw for the third qualifying round of the Europa League, the Czech Jablonec, the Scottish St. Johnstone and the Cypriot Anorthosis Famagusta had a seeded status. St. Johnstone and Anorthosis Famagusta both qualified directly for the third qualifying round of the Europa League as cup winners, while Jablonec earned a spot as number three in the Czech competition. These three clubs could draw the losers of the second qualifying round of the Champions League: PSV or Galatasaray, Celtic or FC Midtjylland and Rapid Wien or Sparta Prague.

Now it was already impossible that St. Johnstone would meet the winner of the game between Celtic and FC Midtjylland, while Jablonec could not get Rapid Wien or Sparta Prague out of the box. To the third heat of the league path To reach the Champions League, PSV must first deal with Galatasaray. The people of Eindhoven will face the number two of the past Süper Lig season in their own Philips Stadium on Wednesday evening, after which the return is on the program a week later. Earlier in the day it became clear that the winner of the match between PSV and Galatasaray will meet Celtic or FC Midtjylland a round later.

If PSV lose to Galatasaray and also lose in the third qualifying round of the Europa League against St Johnstone, there is still one chance to win a main draw of a European tournament. In that case, the Eindhoven players have to get a place in the main tournament of the Conference League via the play-off. Those play-offs will be completed on August 19 and 26 and Feyenoord and Vitesse also hope to be active in this. Feyenoord and Vitesse will be told later this afternoon who the possible opponent is in the third preliminary round of the Conference League.