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Have we just hired Southgate?
Makes a change. The draws we've had last few years - city x2 , Utd , Liverpool , Villa (a).
Lazio really do have a favourable route to the semis.
They hold no fear for me , they are playing better than the sum of their parts. Not sure they can maintain that.
The quarters might be tougher than the semi-final.
 
Wonder if they will switch the H/A legs round on one of the ties. Can’t see them wanting Frankfurt and spurs fans potentially in Amsterdam at the same time even if they moved one to Wednesday.
Thinking about this a bit more. I wonder if UEFA would be happy with a Tuesday game. Could work out nicely for us. We don’t play the weekend before as out of the FA cup. Previous game the Wednesday before, Emirates Marketing Project, then we play Bournemouth on the Sunday. Would nicely spread the games out.
 
A bit old but according to this post if there is an issue, the 50km is close. AZ get priority as they finished higher in last years domestic league.


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Link to current rules
https://documents.uefa.com/r/Regula...on-of-fixtures-and-automatic-reversals-Online
Stadiums seem to be 35kms apart as the crow flys.
 
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A bit old but according to this post if there is an issue, the 50km is close. AZ get priority as they finished higher in last years domestic league.


Edit:
Link to current rules
https://documents.uefa.com/r/Regula...on-of-fixtures-and-automatic-reversals-Online
Stadiums seem to be 35kms apart as the crow flys.

News article saying they changed it last week so as chelsea and spurs play at home second leg.
 
Good test of our mental fortitude here.

Say we had a CL group of Ajax, Lazio and AZ we’d be confident of beating them all.

However will we freeze when it’s nearing the business end of a competition? Chance for us to mature as a team here — give 100% every match and not crap our pants and we could win this.
 
News article saying they changed it last week so as chelsea and spurs play at home second leg.
Fair hadn’t heard that. I guess the Dutch authorities could still object. But I guess Frankfurt fans might just coach in and out on game day. Probably a 5 hour drive.
 
Good test of our mental fortitude here.

Say we had a CL group of Ajax, Lazio and AZ we’d be confident of beating them all.

However will we freeze when it’s nearing the business end of a competition? Chance for us to mature as a team here — give 100% every match and not crap our pants and we could win this.

Lots of ifs, buts and maybes there... :)
 
Good test of our mental fortitude here.

Say we had a CL group of Ajax, Lazio and AZ we’d be confident of beating them all.

However will we freeze when it’s nearing the business end of a competition? Chance for us to mature as a team here — give 100% every match and not crap our pants and we could win this.
I wouldn't be confident of this team beating anyone. We've lost to pretty much all of the good teams we've played so far this season
 
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