Uefa Cup Draw last 32

[Colm]

Werder Bremen/AC Milan v Olympiakos/St Etienne
ASTON VILLA/CSKA Moscow v Shakhtar Donetsk/TOTTENHAM
Lech Poznan/Udinese v Zenit St Petersburg/VfB Stuttgart
Paris St Germain/Wolfsburg v Braga/Standard Liege
Dynamo Kiev/Valencia v Sampdoria/Metalist Kharkiv
FC Copenhagen/MANCHESTER CITY v Aalborg/Deportivo La Coruna
Marseille v FC Twente v Fiorentina/Ajax
NEC Nijmegen/Hamburg v Bordeaux v FC Galatasaray

quite a tough draw, going to eastern europe in feb will be tough.

[Colm]

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[juanca]

Werder Bremen/AC Milan v Olympiakos/St Etienne
ASTON VILLA/CSKA Moscow v Shakhtar Donetsk/TOTTENHAM
Lech Poznan/Udinese v Zenit St Petersburg/VfB Stuttgart
Paris St Germain/Wolfsburg v Braga/Standard Liege
Dynamo Kiev/Valencia v Sampdoria/Metalist Kharkiv
FC Copenhagen/MANCHESTER CITY v Aalborg/Deportivo La Coruna
Marseille v FC Twente v Fiorentina/Ajax
NEC Nijmegen/Hamburg v Bordeaux v FC Galatasaray

quite a tough draw, going to eastern europe in feb will be tough.

So its the winner of villa/CSKA vs Shakhtar/Spurs?? in the next round? is that how all of those games work??

[Colm]

Yep it's the draw for the round of 32 and 16.

[chanman83]

wow the most interesting matchup.. Milan vs Bremen.

Ok I like our draw now lets get it done!

[Slater582]

Good thing we came second not third, wouldn't want to play Jol's Hamburg.

Shakhtar Donetsk are pretty experienced in Europe and seem to have been in the CL quite a bit, stocked full of Brazilians iirc

Tough match up but we have a decent chance if Woodgate/King are fit at the time.

Some interesting ties there.

[Aud300]

Fiorentina/Ajax is another great tie to watch for .. Middle of nowhere Europe in Feb .. Damm..

[goliath74]

Fiorentina/Ajax is another great tie to watch for .. Middle of nowhere Europe in Feb .. Damm..

As a Ukrainian fan, two things really stand out to me:

1. Donetsk in February.
2. Which Hotspur team shows up. Given that Shakhtar is a much much better team than Spartak, this will actually be a worthwhile match-up, however, bookies make Hotspurs very strong favorites (4/7on, I believe). Shakhtar, at 3/1, are a very tempting buy.

[NJgotlove]

Shakhtar are a tough draw but we could've done worse I feel...I see us with a very good shot at moving on probably against Villa which will definitely be tough, I really am liking the way Villa have been playing this season

ANY WAY COYS!

[chanman83]

Fiorentina/Ajax is another great tie to watch for .. Middle of nowhere Europe in Feb .. Damm..

yeah but assjack has no Huntleer so yeah interesting but I'll give Fiorentina that edge.

[AudereEstFacere]

Shakhtar is a nightmare for me. I managed them for like 10 seasons in FM 08 and fell in love witht them. IRL I've heard they're quite a threat as well. Bogdan Shust is goin to be a great keeper in the future, their defense, featuring Kucher, Chygrynskyi, and Rat, Willian and Srna in the midfield is a very intimidating duo as well and apparently Seleznyov is going to be the next big Eastern European star. In any case there's no doubt they have some great talent, some of which I would love to have at Spurs (such as Chygrynskyi and Srna). Definitely a tougher match up than Spartak Moscow.

[Aud300]

Current squad

As of August 13, 2008[2]
No. Position Player
1 Flag of Ukraine GK Bohdan Shust
3 Flag of the Czech Republic DF Tomáš Hübschman
4 Flag of Serbia MF Igor Duljaj
5 Flag of Ukraine DF Oleksandr Kucher
7 Flag of Brazil MF Fernandinho (vice-captain)
8 Flag of Brazil MF Jádson
10 Flag of Ukraine FW Evhen Seleznyov
11 Flag of Brazil DF Ilsinho
12 Flag of Ukraine GK Rustam Khudzhamov
13 Flag of Ukraine DF Vyacheslav Shevchuk
17 Flag of Brazil FW Luiz Adriano
18 Flag of Poland DF Mariusz Lewandowski
19 Flag of Ukraine MF Oleksiy Hai
21 Flag of Ukraine FW Oleksandr Hladky
22 Flag of Brazil MF Willian

No. Position Player
23 Flag of Ukraine MF Konstantyn Kravchenko
25 Flag of Brazil FW Brandão
26 Flag of Romania DF Răzvan Raţ
27 Flag of Ukraine DF Dmytro Chyhrynskyi (vice-captain)
30 Flag of Ukraine GK Andriy Pyatov
32 Flag of Ukraine DF Mykola Ischenko
33 Flag of Croatia MF Darijo Srna (captain)
35 Flag of Ukraine GK Yuriy Virt
36 Flag of Ukraine DF Oleksandr Chizhov
44 Flag of Ukraine MF Artem Fedetskyy
55 Flag of Ukraine DF Volodymyr Yezerskiy
99 Flag of Bolivia FW Marcelo Moreno
TBA Flag of Ukraine FW Maksym Illyuk
TBA Flag of Ukraine MF Maksym Trusevych
TBA Flag of Ukraine DF Ihor Korotetskyy



This Worries me alot.

[Aud300]

Ave Low in Feb - 7 and Ave High is - 1. Jesus! That freaking cold.

RSK Olimpiyskyi is a multi-use stadium in Donetsk, Ukraine. The stadium's current maximum capacity is 25,831[1] and is currently used exclusively for football matches. After its reconstruction in 2003, the stadium was host to city-rivals FC Metalurh Donetsk, but Shakhtar has become the sole tenant of the stadium from 2004, where they will play until their new 5-star stadium is complete. FC Metalurh Donetsk has played at the old Shakhtar Stadium instead.

They Current sit 5th in the Ukraine League.

[code1390]

Ave Low in Feb - 7 and Ave High is - 1. Jesus! That freaking cold.



Is that F or C?

[soccernutter]

Is that F or C?

I'm betting F. If it was C, that would just below freezing - like playing in Munich or Berlin.

[Phillyspur]

Shaktar's CL results:

Barcelona H - lost 1-2, A - won 3-2 (dead rubber)
Basle H - won 5-0, A - won 1-2
Sporting H - lost 0-1, A - lost 0-1

The Ukranian and Russian teams are really doing well in Europe.

[sendorange]

If the club was taking this competition seriously then I would have no problem with this tie. However given the volume of games and the lack of financial awards, seems unlikely we will bring in more eligible players or put out a strong team.

[Spur_Forever]

Not the best of draws, but certainly feasible. If we can grind out a result away, we have every chance of going through.

Hopefully by Feb. We'll have been able to string a few results together and put some daylight between us and the relegation spots. If that's the case (and barring any injuries) Harry will field a strong side... Also, by then we'll have our fantastic january signings :)

[mattie g]

I'm betting F. If it was C, that would just below freezing - like playing in Munich or Berlin.

It's Celsius. There aren't a many places that have big populations that have average temperatures below zero Fahrenheit. Don't confuse Ukraine with Siberia or northern Russia - that's where it gets really cold.

[jumhed]

We are going to lose.

I, Jumhed, have spoken.