SC Freiburg v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[trinityoap]

As an old miserabilist I am starting to worry about all these good omens.

[trinityoap]

I was just the same in 1982.

[ADVILLAFAN]

The referee for the game is François Letexier from France, which is a good omen as the ref in Rotterdam was Georges Konrath, also from France.

Assume Dibu will be sent off then.

[mike]

Knowing next to nothing about German football, can someone tell me me, roughly what English team equates to Freiburg?

[cdbearsfan]

Hopefully not Crystal Palace.

[itbrvilla]

Knowing next to nothing about German football, can someone tell me me, roughly what English team equates to Freiburg?

Inoffensive as Fulham, punching above their weight like Brentford according to a journalist  on Luke's UTB Fan channel.

[BC54 VFC]

It looks as though the team are on a specially chartered flight with 2Excel Aviation, scheduled to leave BHX at 15.00hrs today, Boeing 737, flight number: BRO165A.