Thursday 14 July 2011

Getting ready for Diego and Diego's son-in-law

And when I'm at it, don't for a second think that I am not aware of the fact that the draw for the 3rd round of the qualification happens already tomorrow.

I'm afraid there will be no mapping of each possible contender here, but let's just look at the possible oppponents for Örebro, should they proceed to the next stage.

We are talking some serious teams here.  I think we cannot play Elfsborg or Helsingborg.  I list the other in categories (i) should not be possible, (ii) very very tough, (iii) very tough and (iv) 50/50 or better chance

[Edit: downgraded Alania to a 50/50. This is the team we lost to, 2-1, in a pre-season friendly in Turkey.  Or not so friendly, actually.  It was a brutal game and Marcus Astvald after the game stated that Russians were "one of the ugliest people there are".  "Ugly" in a brutal football kind of way, but still Marcus had to retract that statement.  Anyway, I noticed that Alania is a second division team that qualified for the Europa League as cup runner up.  They did so without scoring one single goal before the final, which they lost.  All other games they won on walk over or on penalties after goal less draws, all against teams far from the elite of Russian football.  They currently play in the Russian second league, where they are in second position]

Should not be possible
Atletico Madrid (Forlan and Kun Aguero may be gone by then, but still)
Fulham (if they beat Crusaders, which they will)
Palermo

Very very tough
AZ Alkmaar
Hapoel Tel Aviv
PAOK Saloniki
Stoke City
Rennes
Nacional (if they beat FH)
Mainz 05
Vitoria Guimares
Bursaspor

Very tough
Club Brugge (against Iron Mike!)
Sparta Prague
Dinamo Bucharest
Red Bull Salzburg (if they beat Liepajas Metalurgs)
Austria Wien (if they beat Rudar)
Young Boys
Anorthosis (if they beat Gagra)
Levski Sofia
Zilina (if they beat KR Reykjavik)
Karpaty Lviv
Red Star
ADO Den Haag (if they beat Tauras)
Gaziantepspor (if they beat Minsk)
Olympiakos Volou (if they beat Rad)

50/50 or better chance
Crusaders (if they beat Fulham, like that would happen)
Liepajas Metalurgs (if they beat Red Bull Salzburg, not very likely)
Rudar (if they beat Austria)
Alania Vladikavkaz
Gagra (if they beat Anorthosis)
KR Reykjavik (if they beat Zilina)
FH (if they beat Nacional)
Mlada Boleslav
Brondby
Sherif Tirasspol (if they beat Zeljeznicar)
Zeljeznicar (if they beat Sherif)
Tauras (if they beat ADO)
Lokomotiv Sofia (if they beat Metalurg Skopje)
Skopje (if they beat Metalurg)
Hearts
Minsk (if they beat Gaziantepspor)
Rad (if they beat Volou)

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