You should have this discussion with arsene wenger and rafa benitez - winning manager and runner up in the last two CL - and both banging on about how long it takes to recover from midweek internationals/cl games for the weekend. I actually disagree with their stated thinking on this and agree with you - they should be able for it but I think Derry have been involved in very demanding games recently and suffered extra due to red cards. I dunno how bad it will effect the derry players but McCourt , to take one example looked off his game in the first leg (dunno why, not sure if hes even a regular tbh) - if 3/4 others are slightly off their game due to the recent fixtures than it becomes a factor for Derry.
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