Champions League 2018/2019 (Shaktar Donetsk, Lyon, Hoffenheim)

Really hard to predict
It’s a new ground, but the allure of the CL away has worn off a bit, we didn’t sell out any of the group games last year.

We’ll go the WHU then stay over and get a flight to and from Gatwick.

The 2 previous trips to France have gone to low points so I’m hopeful we’ll get tickets. Gonna do something similar to yourself, maybe from Luton
 
Not sure we could ask for a better fixture order either. Should take 7 points out of the first 3 games and set ourselves up nicely for the last 3 games
 
While I am also happy with the draw I think we have to be careful not to underestimate the other teams. They are not easy any of them. Hoffenheim for example gave Bayern München a good game last Friday evening in the Bundesliga season opener. It would not have been undeserved if that had ended in a draw. Bayern was helped with a more than doubtful penalty, which nobody could explain, except as an example of why VAR does not work as intended. Hoffenheim played extremely physical, at times almost brutal, and as a result Coman went out injured. He will be out for a couple of months I think.
 
Really hard to predict
It’s a new ground, but the allure of the CL away has worn off a bit, we didn’t sell out any of the group games last year.

We’ll go the WHU then stay over and get a flight to and from Gatwick.
I would imagine that Hoffenheim will sell out, especially with it being relatively cheap to get to and a 2,250 allocation. Lyon, I think, will depend on the size of the allocation.
 
While I am also happy with the draw I think we have to be careful not to underestimate the other teams. They are not easy any of them. Hoffenheim for example gave Bayern München a good game last Friday evening in the Bundesliga season opener. It would not have been undeserved if that had ended in a draw. Bayern was helped with a more than doubtful penalty, which nobody could explain, except as an example of why VAR does not work as intended. Hoffenheim played extremely physical, at times almost brutal, and as a result Coman went out injured. He will be out for a couple of months I think.
Was listening to Honnegstein yesterday. Hoffenheim’s manager is moving to RB Leipzig next season and wants to ‘do something special’ in his last season at Hoff. Said they’re very well set up and will be a challenge for any of the English sides. Looking forward to those games in particular
 

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