It's a good draw for me, a stern test and one over two legs will see us go through, AM although still a very good side hasn't got the bite it had when Greizeman was there,
Again, they will be worried more about us, no one would have wanted us so they drawn the short straw,
No doubt Simeone will have them fired up and fully motivated we shouldn't expect anything less from him, His side's like to attack which suits us to a tee, and tactically he's not on the same level as Jürgen,
Can't see anything other than another win for us in both legs although it will not be easy, not by any stretch.
YNWA
For a minute there I thought you were making it look a walk in the park.
After Real, this was the one I didn't want. With a 40% chance of getting a team from Madrid though, it was likely we would get one of them. It is a very difficult draw against a side we've never beaten. Simeone loves to nick a goal then shut up shop. It almost worked last year when they beat Juventus 2-0 at home. Juve just set Ronaldo on them in the return leg, and he ran amok.
Last competitive game against them in Europe was the game in the UEFA Cup semi 10 years ago. Anyway some big volcano woke up, and we had to get there by planes trains and automobiles. Lost the away game, then lost the tie on away goals, after extra time. So now is a good time to go and settle a score.
But it does show again why it's important to finish top of the group. The other team that qualified from our group, got Barcelona away in the second leg. Thankfully it wasn't us.
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