San Sebastian is one of Spain’s most superlative destinations, while Moldova is one of the few countries we’re yet to play in. But it’s fair to say that nowhere is excitement more pronounced than in Cyprus – the location for tonight's match in the competition, against Omonia. And few people are closer to the core of that excitement than Charalambos Loizou, secretary of our official supporters’ club in Cyprus.
“It's not every year that a Cyprus team even manages to qualify,” he tells us, down the phone from Larnaca, in the south of the country. “But I had this good feeling United were going to draw against AEK [Larnaca] or Omonia, and I was begging for Omonia because they've got a bigger football stadium.