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Brothers Adrian and Lukasz Cieslewicz will be keeping it in the family when they help begin the 2015/16 Champions League competition in the Faroe Islands on Wednesday.

The Polish siblings will be on opposite sides of the pitch when Welsh Premier League champions The New Saints face B36 Torshavn in the first qualifying round at the Torsvollur Stadium.

Former Wrexham striker Adrian will be part of the Welsh domestic treble winners’ squad hoping to take an advantage into the return leg at Park Hall, Oswestry, on July 7, but he is disappointed one Cieslewicz will not make it through.

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“I am excited about the tie,” he said. “It will be the first time that I have played against my brother in a competitive game. It’s a good draw, but it’s disappointing that one of us will be knocked out of the competition in the opening round.”

Although the pair were born in Poland, they grew up in the Faroes and have applied for citizenship in order to realise their dream of representing the nation at international level.

Adrian spent a brief time at B36 last season, playing in the Europa League for them, but Lukasz has been a regular contributor, proving a key figure in their title-winning campaigns in 2011 and 2014.

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Łukasz, at 27, the older brother by three years, added: “It’s going to be fun to play against him.

“Last year we played together on the same team for the first time and now for the first time we are going to play against each other. But, to be honest, I’m preparing the same way for that match as I would any other.”

He predicts a tight contest against The New Saints, with the prize on offer a meeting with Hungarian champions Videoton FC in the second qualifying round: “I think they are favourites, but we have a chance and we are going to do everything to get to next round.”

And, with the two men in opposition, it could be a day of torn loyalties for the Cieslewicz family.

“It’s a big dilemma for my family now who they are going to support,” said Adrian. “My mum says she doesn’t even want to come to the game because she doesn’t know who to cheer on.”

But Lukasz is hoping the tie goes the same way as the games against his younger brother when they were children.

“Of course, it was me who won,” he said. “I have to say that, I’m the bigger brother, so it’s me.”

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