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Liverpool face a trip to the strife-torn Middle East next month after Rafael Benitez's 2005 European champions were drawn to play Israeli champions Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League's third qualifying round.
However, Israel could be on the brink of being banned from playing club and international matches at home because of the worsening security situation in the region resulting from the conflict in Lebanon.
If the match does go ahead in Israel rather than in a neutral country, the second leg is likely to be moved from Haifa, which is close to the conflict zone, to Tel Aviv. The first leg will be played at Anfield.
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With the way that things are in the Middle East, at the moment, I would have thought that a ' Neutral Country ' would have been compulsary. I bet the Liverpool players are not looking forward to that trip
