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Danish clubs learn Europa League fate

Midtjylland and Brøndby will face off against Southhampton and PAOK respectively.

Danish clubs learn Europa League fate
Midtjylland's Tim Sparv and Pione Sisto will face off against Southampton. Photo: Bo Amstrup
Danish champions Midtjylland have been drawn against English Premier League side Southampton in the play-offs for the Europa League as the draw was made on Friday.
 
Southampton's reward for beating Dutch outfit Vitesse Arnhem 5-0 on aggregate in the third qualifying round is a meeting with a Mdtjylland side who lost on away goals to APOEL of Cyprus in the Champions League third qualifying round.
 
Meanwhile, Brøndby will have to travel to Greece in order to qualify. The suburban Copenhagen club will face off against PAOK Saloniki.
 
In other matchups, Borussia Dortmund have been paired with Odds of Norway, while Ajax will take on Jablonec of the Czech Republic after being dumped out of the Champions League third qualifying round by Rapid Vienna.
 
Fenerbahce, who have invested big money this summer luring the likes of Robin van Persie, Nani and Simon Kjaer to Istanbul only to be beaten by Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League third qualifying round, will meet Atromitos of Greece.
 
The winners will join the 10 losers from the Champions League play-offs and 16 other sides who qualify directly — including Villarreal, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, Schalke 04, Fiorentina, Napoli and Marseille – in the group stage draw.
 
Draw for the Europa League play-offs, made on Friday:
  •    Milsami Orhei (MDA) v Saint-Etienne (FRA)
  •    Altach (AUT) v Belenenses (POR)
  •    Zilina (SVK) v Athletic Bilbao (ESP)
  •    Steaua Bucharest (ROM) v Rosenborg (NOR)
  •    Zorya Luhansk (UKR) v Legia Warsaw (POL)
  •    Viktoria Pilsen (CZE) v Vojvodina (SRB)
  •    Jablonec (CZE) v Ajax (NED)
  •    Young Boys (SUI) v Qarabag (AZE)
  •    Molde (NOR) v Standard Liège (BEL)
  •    PAOK (GRE) v Brøndby (DEN)
  •    Bordeaux (FRA) v Kairat Almaty (KAZ)
  •    Lech Poznan (POL) v Videoton (HUN)
  •    Dinamo Minsk (BLR) v Salzburg (AUT)
  •    Panathinaikos (GRE) v Qäbälä (AZE)
  •    Astra Giurgiu (ROM) v AZ Alkmaar (NED)
  •    Rabotnicki (MKD) v Rubin Kazan (RUS)
  •    Southampton (ENG) v Midtjylland (DEN)
  •    Liberec (CZE) v Hajduk Split (CRO)
  •    Odd (NOR) v Borussia Dortmund (GER)
  •    Krasnodar (RUS) v HJK Helsinki (FIN)
  •    Atromitos (GRE) v Fenerbahce (TUR)
  •    FC Thun (SUI) v Sparta Prague (CZE)

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VIDEO: Spain’s La Liga reviews video of boy racially abusing Vinicius

Spain's La Liga on Monday said it was reviewing a video of a child making racist insults towards Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior during the 2-2 draw with Valencia at the weekend.

VIDEO: Spain's La Liga reviews video of boy racially abusing Vinicius

“We’re in the process of studying and analysing the facts from a legal standpoint to see what we can and should do,” La Liga sources said.

In a video published by a journalist for ESPN Brasil, and picked up by Spanish media, a boy sitting in a woman’s lap can be heard calling Vinicius a “monkey”.

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The Brazilian scored twice for Madrid as his team recovered from two goals down at Mestalla on Saturday.

Vinicius raised his fist in a “Black Power” salute after the first of his two goals at a ground where he was racially abused last season. Valencia subsequently banned three people from the stadium for life.

The 23-year-old has become a symbol of the fight against discrimination in Spanish football after suffering racist abuse on many occasions, and he was jeered repeatedly by home supporters on Saturday.

Jude Bellingham was sent off after the final whistle against Valencia for protesting after the referee blew the final whistle right before the England midfielder headed home what he thought was the winning goal.

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