Adrian Leijer admits Melbourne Victory are worried but excited by 'dangerous' ACL draw Nathan Burns's double has helped Newcastle Jets defeat Melbourne Victory to move into third on the A-League ladder. Nathan Coe and Adrian Leijer are frustrated by Newcastle Jets. GUANGZHOU Evergrande, winners of this year's Asian Champions League, await Melbourne Victory if it qualifies for the group stage of next year's tournament. But Victory players Adrian Leijer and Nathan Coe say they are excited by the potential challenge. The draw for the 2014 ACL was held overnight Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur. To make the group stage Victory must overcome a one-leg playoff on Saturday February 15 at Geelong's Simonds Stadium. Its opponent for that fixture won't be determined until the first two rounds of playoffs earlier in the month, but Thailand's Muangthong United will be favoured to get through over Pune of India and Hanaoi T&T of Vietnam. Should that be the case, Leijer said Victory won't be underestimating their opponents in the cut-throat qualifier. Thai side Buriram United defeated Brisbane Roar in a playoff for this year's ACL and went on to make the quarter finals while another Thai opponent, Chonburi FC, defeated Victory in Bangkok in 2008. Melbourne Victory defender Adrian Leijer wasn't a happy man when he fronted the media on Monday after his side went down 2-1 to Newcastle Jets in their A-League round nine fixture. "It's a dangerous game," Leijer said. We saw what happened with the Roar last year and that was a massive disappointment for them, especially because the Thai team went on and did quite well. Asian countries are developing rapidly in the football world and we're going to have to be at our best to beat them. We've been there a couple of times now so we sort of know what to expect and know how tough it is combining both the A-League and Champions League at the same time, so that's where our squad depth will really be tested. Guangzhou Evergrande, managed by 2006 World Cup winning coach Marcello Lippi, defeated FC Seoul in the final of this year's tournament. It will face African champions Al Ahly SC at the FIFA Club World Cup starting in Morocco later this week. Should Victory make the ACL group stages it will also face South Korea's Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and the yet to be determined winner of Japan's Emporer's Cup. Goalkeeper Coe said he is excited by what lies ahead should Victory successfully qualify. "I think it's a good draw to be honest," Coe said. The Champions League, for me, is something that the best teams play in _ you see that in Europe, all the big clubs are involved. We hopefully will get to test ourselves against other big clubs. Being one of the biggest clubs in Australia, we want to play the some of the biggest clubs in the other countries.