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[I am Not Purple]

Discuss the EL here if you like.

Does your team participate or do you support a team that is participating in EL this season?
Once again my team didn't make it. -.-

[LostInTransition]

The Mighty Potters are in Europe for the first time since 1973 and having beating Hajduk Split 1-0 and 1-0 in the last round we now face FC Thun of Switzerland. I just hope that we make the group stage so that I can organize going to an away trip myself.

That's the only downside to European competition if you like to travel to most games like me, European games are midweek and I have to work!

[I am Not Purple]

Planed anything already? Ukraine, Turkey, Israel..

[LostInTransition]

No, I haven't been to any yet, not enough time off work or money. I have been to all the home games though.

Prices of flights are scandalous, they more than tripled from UK airports to those places less than an hour after the draw was made. Ukraine, Israel and Turkey are all quite far, if we drew a team from Belgium, Germany or Holland I would have almost certainly gone.

Still a chance yet, we are sitting comfortably at the top of our group and look certain to qualify for the knockout stages, amazing considering we have rested some players for these games.

[I am Not Purple]

No, I haven't been to any yet, not enough time off work or money. I have been to all the home games though.

Prices of flights are scandalous, they more than tripled from UK airports to those places less than an hour after the draw was made. Ukraine, Israel and Turkey are all quite far, if we drew a team from Belgium, Germany or Holland I would have almost certainly gone.

Still a chance yet, we are sitting comfortably at the top of our group and look certain to qualify for the knockout stages, amazing considering we have rested some players for these games.

At least something!

Gotta love capitalism lol. But yep, a very good chance. I wish my team would be back in the Europa League. But it doens't go so well since 2 seasons. :/ Starting to get better tho.

[I am Not Purple]

Round of 32:

Porto - Manchester City
Ajax - Manchester United
Lokomotiv Moscow - Athletic Bilbao
Red Bull Salzburg - Metalist Kharkiv
Stoke City - Valencia
Rubin Kazan - Olympiacos
AZ - Anderlecht
Lazio - Atlético Madrid
Steaua București - Twente
Viktoria Plzeň - Schalke 04
Wisła Kraków - Standard Liège
Braga - Beşiktaş
Udinese - PAOK
Trabzonspor - PSV Eindhoven
Hannover 96 - Club Brugge
Legia Warsaw - Sporting CP

[I am Not Purple]

Quarter-final draws:

AZ - Valencia
Schalke - Bilbao
Sporting - Metalist
Atlético Madrid - Hannover