Noa Lang hopes to face Ajax, among others, in the group stage of the Champions League with Club Brugge. The draw for the group stage of the European ball of billions will take place on Thursday evening from 6 p.m. and the attacker hopes that his former employer from Amsterdam will come up with a solution. “It’s my ex-club, of course I would really like that,” he says through the official channels of Club Brugge.
There are no weak opponents in the first pot, which is why Lang hopes for a link with Manchester City. “Manchester City are just a very good team under Pep Guardiola. They play very good football and it is a great challenge to measure us against that.” He would like to see Paris Saint-Germain come out of the second pot. “That goes without saying. Then you play against Neymar, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Ángel Di Maria, Marco Verratti, Sergio Ramos… Do I have to continue?”
“Manchester City, PSG and Ajax. And then hibernate!” emphasizes Lang, who does set a condition for such a situation. “If we had a draw the way I want it, then we really need our supporters. Against Beerschot AV, and even with half a stadium, you immediately noticed the difference”, the attacker referred to last Sunday’s first home game of the new season.
How Long estimates Club Brugge’s chances? “It’s more fun when you play against very good opponents, then you know if you can measure up to that. Of course it is difficult to push through, but it is Champions League, nothing is easy. This is my dream draw and it doesn’t change my goal to spend the winter in the Champions League.”
Club Brugge had to give priority to Borussia Dortmund and Lazio in the group stage of the Champions League last season, with eight points from six matches. In the sixteenth finals of the Europa League, Dynamo Kiev immediately turned out to be a size too big for Philippe Clement’s team. Lang came to 17 goals and 9 assists in 37 official duels last season blue-black. This season the counter stands at 2 goals and 4 assists in 6 matches in all competitions.