I was just curious if UEFA announced what Groups would be playing each other in the event of a 2nd place finish. Of course I'd prefer first, but getting into those two legs would be a lot farther than Israel has ever gone and seems to be a very realistic opportunity now.
Actually, Israel finished 2nd in the qualification for Euro 2000 and was embarrassed in the playoff by Denmark, losing 8 - 0 on aggregate... I believe Nielsen or Sherf was the coach at the time... By the way, in that qualification they determined who plays who by 1st determining the order of the top 8 runner ups and simply pitting 1 vs. 8, 2 vs, 7 etc... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2000_qualifying#Best_runner-up I don't know how fair that is since some groups are easier than others but I guess it's one way to do things... In any case, I still think we should be able to take 1st place in this group...