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Europa League Last 16 Draw: Slavia Prague v Rangers


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1 hour ago, DMAA said:

In Fivethirtyeight's global club rankings this is an incredibly close match. We are 62nd and they are 66th. A fantastic gauge of how good we are.

Just so you get an idea of how close that is; Antwerp are 176th, Poznan 196th, Liege 211th,  Galatasaray 74th (top of their league by the way so the comments made about them at the time by the press were unjustified), Benfica 44th. Slavia's rivals Sparta, who spanked Celtic home and away, are 138th.

 

So this will be really interesting.

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Decent draw but Slavia are often in the CL so i'm sure SG will not be taking them lightly. Would have been a good test of Gers current level if the draw had been Arsenal maybe? But in terms of progression there is no reason not to feel positive. 

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21 minutes ago, ChelseaBoy said:

Decent draw but Slavia are often in the CL so i'm sure SG will not be taking them lightly. Would have been a good test of Gers current level if the draw had been Arsenal maybe? But in terms of progression there is no reason not to feel positive. 

They've only made the UCL groups once in recent times (last season) and they were very lucky because they dropped in at the play off round and only had to beat Cluj to get to the groups, who had had a very easy draw in the previous round (Celtic). This season they drew Midtjylland and were hammered 4-1 (3 late goals).

 

Despite getting their share of the Champions League riches last season they have continued to sell their stars for big money and recruit on the cheap. They must be a very well run club to be performing as well as they are in those circumstances. 

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1 hour ago, DMAA said:

They've only made the UCL groups once in recent times (last season) and they were very lucky because they dropped in at the play off round and only had to beat Cluj to get to the groups, who had had a very easy draw in the previous round (Celtic). This season they drew Midtjylland and were hammered 4-1 (3 late goals).

 

Despite getting their share of the Champions League riches last season they have continued to sell their stars for big money and recruit on the cheap. They must be a very well run club to be performing as well as they are in those circumstances. 

Ah yes, thanks. I was confusing them with Sparta who are the Czech CL team. 

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