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Reactions to the Draw

Reactions to the Draw

President, Josu Urrutia: ‘the first evaluation of the draw is always positive just for the…

President, Josu Urrutia: ‘the first evaluation of the draw is always positive just for the fact that we are participating in it. Later on we’ll have to make other evaluations. From the point of view of our fans the trips are not excessively long and considering the characteristics of our followers, it’s possible to say that we will have great support. In the sporting aspect PSG is the most known and distinguished, with good reinforcements this summer, Salzburg is perhaps the least known, but it has relatively continued presence in Europe and the Slovaks have left in their path a team such as Roma which should be taken into account, even though it came out of the fourth group in the drum ‘.

Ander Iturraspe: ‘PSG is a quite powerful opponent; they’ve drafted high level players, such as the Argentinean Pastore. The other two rivals for starters are not as well known, but the fact that Bratislava left a team such as Roma out of the League is something to take into consideration. Salzburg is one of the most prominent teams in Austria. In any case I think it’s too soon to be thinking about Europa. I would be more centered in Rayo whom we are playing on Sunday to kick off the Liga, and let’s see if we start it on the right track’.