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Post by Olivier on Jun 19, 2016 17:47:48 GMT
It's that time of year again. The highlight of the footballing summer takes place tomorrow with the draw for the first and second rounds of the Europa League qualifiers. Aberdeen and Hearts are seeded for the first round but oddly only Hearts are seeded for the second round as apparently getting beat by Liverpool and Spurs 4 and 5 years ago gives you a better coefficient than beating Groningen and Rijeka (and losing to Real Sociedad) over the last 2 years. Hibs also enter at the second round.
Aberdeen and Hearts could face the likes of Cork City, Connah's Quay Nomads, Glenavon or IFK Mariehamn in the first round but Aberdeen could face a tougher challenge in the second round with teams like Genk, Maribor, Hadjuk Split and Slavia Prague entering the second round as seeded.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2016 18:20:55 GMT
I can go back to not caring about this anymore. Mickey Mouse cup.
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Post by g7vikings on Jun 19, 2016 19:17:58 GMT
I hope Aberdeen go all the way. Thoroughly enjoy reading ooters stories of his trips into the arse end of Europe.
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Post by Olivier on Jun 19, 2016 19:25:42 GMT
If the first round, first leg is at home I'm 99.9% not going as it'll be the day after I get back from France. If the second leg is away I might go and I'll likely go to the second round if we get there.
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Post by Olivier on Jun 29, 2016 16:12:24 GMT
So we got CS Fola Esch from Luxembourg in the first round. Had the first leg been away I would have went straight from Lille but we're at home first and I don't fancy making almost the exact same journey again next week.
If we win we go on to play FK Ventspils (Latvia) or Vikingur Gota (Faroe Islands), most likely the Latvian team. Having been away I've not had much chance to check potential costs but having been to Riga already I might give it a miss in the hope/expectation that we will reach the 3rd round for the 3rd season in a row.
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Post by The Quito Diet on Jun 29, 2016 16:40:21 GMT
Well you lucked out with the games you saw.
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Post by Olivier on Jun 30, 2016 21:17:02 GMT
Yaaas, 3-1 going on 18-1. Usual comedy Europa League round 1 time wasting.
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Post by ic on Jul 14, 2016 20:40:27 GMT
Impressive win for Aberdeen tonight by the sound of it. So far, only the one distance from Scotland in Europe this season
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Post by Olivier on Jul 16, 2016 10:27:02 GMT
And we've drawn Maribor or Levski Sofia in the 3rd round - assuming we can finish off this 2nd round tie with a 3-0 lead.
Since their first leg was 0-0 refundable hotels have been booked in both cities and I'll wait till later to book flights. Hoping Sofia win as I visited Slovenia last year (as ace as it was) and it seems like a bit of a pain to get to Maribor without breaking the bank.
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Post by cl7 on Jul 16, 2016 10:42:00 GMT
Maribor will be rubbing their hands together. Always pump the Scots.
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Post by Olivier on Jul 21, 2016 20:15:21 GMT
Aberdeen through to face Maribor. Hibs taking Brondby to extra time. Hearts losing to some mob from Malta...
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Post by cl7 on Jul 22, 2016 9:27:16 GMT
Worst part about the last 4 years by far. Watching you bunch of idiots kill the coefficient we built. RIP.
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Post by Olivier on Jul 22, 2016 10:02:39 GMT
Yeh maybe if less Scottish clubs paid their taxes we could have a higher coefficient.
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Post by cl7 on Jul 22, 2016 10:11:49 GMT
agreed
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Post by Olivier on Jul 28, 2016 21:20:56 GMT
Disappointed to end that game 1-1. Feel like we really dominated and should have put away 2 or 3 more. If that wasn't just a bad night for them then I still think we'll progress.
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