UEFA Europa Conference League-Knockout stages (Olympiacos)

[taylorsworkrate]

You just know its gonna be fenebache or fiorentina away.

I think PAOK olympiakos and brugge all beatable. But vitoria would be the one we want just to help in the league.

Lille decent side could be a tricky tie.

We should be beating any of the teams left in this competition over 2 legs

On paper yes. But im sure teams like lille fiorentina and fenebache feel the same

Why would they? Not one of those 3 squads has anything close to the quality ours does, even with our injuries

[Somniloquism]

The second leg of the next round will be our 100th game in Europe if we include the the World Club Cup game v Penarol in 1982.

World Club games are by definition, not European matches. However we just move the 100 to the first leg of the Semi's instead.

[Demitri_C]

 

You just know its gonna be fenebache or fiorentina away.

I think PAOK olympiakos and brugge all beatable. But vitoria would be the one we want just to help in the league.

Lille decent side could be a tricky tie.

We should be beating any of the teams left in this competition over 2 legs

On paper yes. But im sure teams like lille fiorentina and fenebache feel the same

Why would they? Not one of those 3 squads has anything close to the quality ours does, even with our injuries

Either did legias and they beat us. Some of these games wont be as straight forward as we think. Im hoping we get home leg 2nd as that gives us a better advantage.

[Dave]

Either did legias and they beat us. Some of these games wont be as straight forward as we think. Im hoping we get home leg 2nd as that gives us a better advantage.

Nobody has said they will be straightforward. They've suggested that we'd be favourites to win a two-legged tie against any of the teams left. That was the case before we'd played a single match in the competition and is still the case now.

[AV82EC]

The three teams I’ve been worried about since last summer are still in it, Lille, Fenerbahce and Fiorentina. But we’ll have to be maybe beat one or two of them to win it so bring it on I say. This is what the great run last season bought us, the chance to test ourselves against European teams, I’m fucking loving it.

[TonyD]

What dates are the QFs?

[AV82EC]

11th and 18th April, either side of the Arsenal game.

[Somniloquism]

Either did legias and they beat us. Some of these games wont be as straight forward as we think. Im hoping we get home leg 2nd as that gives us a better advantage.

Although you need to remember that it was the players first time in Europe (not including Hibs as they didn't even have to leave the mainland).

And it was team that included Chambers as right back, Lenglet's debut, Tielemans first away start and seemingly played in Luiz's position, Zaniolo's first start and Bailey starting when he wasn't the machine we have now. And we could have still done enough to get a result in the last few minutes.

[Garyth]

Draw coming up on uefa tv: https://www.uefa.tv/video/live/261386/

[TelfordVilla]

These pre draw interviews are sooooo cringey

[olaftab]

So in anticipation of draw I have looked at airports for all possible destinations. As this is a well informed forum are these suitable or there are other more convenient ways for travel?

Fenerbahçe (50,530) Istanbul Airport

Fiorentina (43,147) Pisa or Florance

PAOK Salonika (28,701) Thessaloniki

Viktoria Plzen (11,700) Prague

Club Bruges (29,042) Brussels

Lille (50,186) Brussels or Eurostar

Olympiakos (33,334) Athens

[olaftab]

Draw coming up on uefa tv: https://www.uefa.tv/video/live/261385/

Thanks. So I take it first drawn team plays first leg at home?

[AV82EC]

Yes

[AV82EC]

So in anticipation of draw I have looked at airports for all possible destinations. As this is a well informed forum are these suitable or there are other more convenient ways for travel?

Fenerbahçe (50,530) Istanbul Airport

Fiorentina (43,147) Pisa or Florance

PAOK Salonika (28,701) Thessaloniki

Viktoria Plzen (11,700) Prague

Club Bruges (29,042) Brussels

Lille (50,186) Brussels or Eurostar

Olympiakos (33,334) Athens

You can do the train to Bruges as well, just into Brussels and back out again.

[olaftab]

Thanks AV82EC for both answers.