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Hapoel Beer Sheva drawn against Honved in Champions League

Hapoel Beer Sheva have been drawn against Hungary's Honved in the second qualifying round of the Uefa Champions League.

June 19, 2017 12:01
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Beer Sheva will host the first leg against the Hungarian champions on July 11/12 with the second leg in Hungary the following week.

The match in Budapest will be played behind closed doors with the Hungarians being punished for racist chants the last time they appeared in European competition in 2013.

Beer Sheva, who were seeded in the strong half of the draw, will start as strong favourites, but manager Barak Bakhar cautions against over confidence.

"As we saw last season, there are no easy draws in the Champions League.

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