Champions League First Qualifying Spherical First Leg: The New Saints v KF Shkendija
Venue: Park Corridor, Oswestry Date: Tuesday, 8 July Kick-off: 19:00 BST
Protection: Hear dwell on BBC Radio Shropshore and on BBC Sport web site and app.
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Boss Craig Harrison believes The New Saints have unfinished enterprise after being drawn in opposition to KF Shkendija of North Macedonia within the Champions League qualifiers.
Saints met Shkendija within the competitors’s first qualifying spherical in 2018.
After , the Cymru Premier champions secured a at Park Corridor however finally fell quick, shedding 5-4 on mixture.
Harrison had left his first spell as Saints supervisor the earlier 12 months however says a few of his workers and present gamers who performed within the sport bear in mind the sport nicely.
“The way in which it occurred, to get nicely crushed closely on the market and to win closely at house and never scrape by by one purpose, then I think about it was a tricky night time to face,” Harrison informed BBC Sport Wales.
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“It is a chance to get our personal again for those who like.
“Clearly I wasn’t on the membership on the time however the membership itself will wish to attempt to go one step additional and attempt to get by that first spherical in opposition to Shkendija.
“It will a extremely powerful sport and a tricky sport on the market – it’ll be actually sizzling and humid and will probably be prefer it was in Montenegro in opposition to Decic.”
in final season’s first qualifying spherical and though the Welsh champions exited the competitors within the following spherical they dropped into the Europa Convention League and created historical past.
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Saints turned the primary Welsh home aspect to achieve the group levels of a European competitors and
Harrison’s aspect can be at house within the first leg on Tuesday, 8 July with the second leg in North Macedonia every week later.
Shkendija had been champions of North Macedonia for a fifth time final season and in 2023 had been knocked out of the Europa Convention League by Haverfordwest County.
Ought to Saints progress, they’ll face both FCSB of Romania or Andorra’s Inter Membership d’Escaldes within the second qualifying spherical.
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Groups shedding within the Champions League qualifiers will drop into the Europa Convention League.
Saints have added to their squad throughout the shut season with Ken Charles, Jacob Owen, Jack Nadin, Nathan Shepperd and Dominic Corness becoming a member of the Welsh home treble winners.
However the headline signing has been that of 23-year-old striker Ben Wilson from Scottish Championship aspect Airdrieonians for a club-record charge.