john@staustell wrote:As someone said above, and I dont think the press vultures are wise to this one yet, as 'Europa' has until now been off their screen, but:
The constant midweek Europa matches will batter an already battered squad. The great Rafa will either have to field reserves in the Europa and guarantee losing, or go for it and struggle even more in the League.
Shame.
Yeah it's funny, because they are claiming that a good Europa run will limit the damage of lost revenue from the Champions League, but they're taking it for granted that they'll do well in the competition. But this blog shows some pretty convincing reasons why this could be misplaced. The record speaks for itself, big team complacency seems a pretty dire issue.