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JOL FEARS VILLA THREAT
Martin Jol - wary.
Hamburg boss Martin Jol feels Aston Villa will pose the biggest threat to his side after the two teams were drawn together in the group stages of the UEFA Cup.
The Bundesliga leaders were drawn in Group F with Villa as well as Ajax, Slavia Prague and MSK Zilina.
Jol told the club's official website: "Ajax are a great team, Aston Villa are for me the top favourites in the group.
"Slavia Prague are current champions and have strengthened and MSK Zilina are a very compact team who sit second in the Slovakian league table. We are looking forward to these matches."
Hamburg's meeting with Villa will be their final game in the group and take place in Germany on December 17.
Sporting director Dietmar Beiersdorfer admitted it was a tough draw, but backed Hamburg to reach the knock-out stages.
He said: "It is definite that we will have to call on all our reserves in order to make it to the next round.
"But we have recently acquired a lot of self-belief. so we will achieve this goal."
