Veteran defender Alan Stubbs believes Everton will go into their new European campaign "much wiser" than their last experience at that level. Two seasons ago the Toffees were bounced out of the Champions League and then UEFA Cup qualifiers at the first stage and have suffered that embarrassment ever since.
But on Thursday, Everton face Metalist Kharkiv at Goodison Park in the first leg of their UEFA Cup first-round tie desperate to make amends.
Stubbs said: "This time round, hopefully we will be a bit wiser, a bit more experienced about how European football goes and we will take it from there and hopefully reach the group stages."
"Thursday is going to be a great night for the club again, but it will only be a great night if we get a good result. We're really looking forward to it but we know it will be a difficult game.
"The manager David Moyes and his assistant Alan Irvine have been over to Ukraine to watch them and they know it will not be an easy game at all. You do not get easy games in Europe.
"From my point of view, this will be my first game in Europe. To play for Everton full stop was something I never thought I would do, so to play for Everton in Europe would be a fantastic achievement."
By...http://www.football365.com
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