Soler: "There is no favourite in this tie; it's 50-50"

A Champions League week is an exciting one for players and fans alike, and Carlos Soler showed as much with his post on social media expressing his desire to get the action underway on Wedbesday. The midfielder also spoke to VCF Media, previewing the contest against Atalanta.

"When the draw put us with Atalanta, it might have seemed as if they were easier opponents than the other teams, but they are doing a very good job," warned Soler.

"They are a team with players who have a lot of quality and score lots of goals; they are the side with the most goals in Serie A this season. Muriel is very good and I like Ilicic a lot. They are very good young players and are doing a good job."

Like his teammates before him, the VCF Academy product said that he is expecting a tough contest in the Last 16.

"Everything becomes very evenly matched. Atalanta have great attacking potential and score a lot of goals, so we will have to be careful about that, but they also concede a lot. There is no favourite in this tie, it's 50-50. We will fight at San Siro in the first game. We will have our chances, and the fact that the second leg is at Mestalla works in our favour."