Monday 6 April 2015 14:15, UK
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall believes neutral ground gives his side a great chance of upsetting Clermont-Auvergne in the European Champions Cup semi-final.
The Premiership club snatched a dramatic 12-11 win over Racing Metro on Saturday to reach the last four of Europe's elite club competition, where they'll face 2013 runners-up Clermont at St Etienne's Stade Geoffroy-Guichard on April 18.
"Given Clermont's home record, it's bit of a relief to be playing them on neutral territory. We're still going to France, but it's not quite the same as going to their own ground," McCall said.
"We have some pretty tough fixtures coming up - Leicester next Saturday is a massive game for us and after Clermont we have Northampton in the Premiership.
"We have some players coming back and will have to spread the load during this period. Brad Barritt should be back for the Champions Cup semi-final, Owen Farrell is touch and go."
Reflecting on a momentous victory in Paris, McCall said: "Sometimes the games are the way they are and we mustn't over analyse these things.
"We've come away to France and played a big, strong, very good team with outstanding half-backs, but we've won.
We've come away to France and played a big, strong, very good team with outstanding half-backs, but we've won.
"We shouldn't worry too much about how we won, but just that we won and reached our third consecutive semi-final in this tough competition. That says a lot about the players we have.
"When you look at Ronan O'Gara at Munster and Jonny Sexton at Leinster, they lost quarters and semis over the years before they started winning them.
"We lost the quarter to Clermont four years ago and the semis to Toulon two years ago, and you saw out there that Racing didn't really know how to win the game.
"They had this big strong wind they didn't use because of the pressure they were under, and that was down to our team."
