Ha, I remember travelling on this route about 20 years ago. The train seemed to crawl along and then stopped, in the middle of nowhere, for about an hour. It's not far between the two cities (319km) but IIRC, the train took about six or seven hours to get there.
Any ties involving games with...
Thanks, that's good to know. Wiki says that since the war, they're playing their matches elsewhere ... but still in Ukraine. They'll have to go some to overturn the deficit on neutral ground.
Let's hope Zorya Luhansk don't make a comeback against Slavia Prague - I can't see many takers for a trip to Ukraine. PBOBE will be facing a hefty insurance bill for that one
I've had a look at the Rennes forum and that's exactly what they're saying - let's hope we avoid Brighton, surely the best team in Pot 3. One poster says that they don't want to be in the group of death with Roma, Brighton and Freiburg.
I also had a look at the Leverkusen forum and couldn't see...
Why would LASK be dull? I'd quite like that one: visiting the home city of Kepler, Wittgenstein and Bruckner (let's just gloss over the Hitler connection) would be interesting. And it's on the Danube, which is always a plus in my book. It's a place rich in Austrian history too (I think it may...
Rough, my arse. It's a bit livelier than the rest of the area but it's a buzzing place. I much prefer it to Nice or Cannes and the other cities around there.
One thing I've only just noticed: because of the dates of the group matches, five of the following games are at home, so Sunday KOs...
I'd give Serbia a miss (not that I'd be likely to get tickets) but Marseille would be amazing. I really like that city and I've never been to the stadium
Just seen there's a team called Flora. As that's the name of our dog, I'll have to keep an eye out for them.
I'm also looking out for Farul Constanta. as that's a place I've long wanted to go to, just to see if it's as desolate as Ovid described.