Three teams qualified for the UCL through the playoffs: Kairat Almaty, Pafos, and Qarabağ, which are quite unfamiliar to me. But they managed to qualify, so I think they are indeed great. This means that they deserve their place in the UCL. But I hope they don't just become a source of points for the big teams that are regulars in the UCL. Here is a list of the opponents for these three teams.
| Kairat Almaty | - Real Madrid
- Inter Milan
- Club Brugge
- Arsenal
- Olympiakos
- Sporting CP
- Pafos
- Copenhagen
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| Pafos | - Bayern München
- Chelsea
- Villarreal
- Juventus
- Slavia Praha
- Olympiakos
- Monaco
- Kairat Almaty
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| Qarabağ | - Napoli
- Athletic Club Bilbao
- Chelsea
- Liverpool
- Eintracht Frankfurt
- Benfica
- Ajax
- Copenhagen
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What do you think? I think the chances of passing the preliminary round are very slim and seem impossible.
I will never underestimate the teams that came from nowhere. However, i put my prediction for them to get three points from only a half of their total fixtures. It will become the highest points that can be achieved by them.
Kairat still possible to earn full points from Slavia, Olympiakos, Monaco, and Villareal.
Pafos may earn full points from Kairat, Olympiakos, monaco, Slavia.
Qarabag may only earn full points only from Copen and Ajax.
Those teams were having very hard fixtures. However, i admit Copenhagen is the unluckiest team in this round.