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The Blues start favourites to reach the last 16 after Copenhagen substitute Martin Vingaard snatched a late equaliser, but Solbakken said last night: "That late goal at Parken obviously gives us a chance.
"It would be interesting to face Aalborg, another Danish team, in the next round but we have a tough task first and must try to do our job in the second leg. But this is a bonus game for us before our season restarts on Monday."
Copenhagen lie second in the Danish League after their winter break and skipper Ulrik Laursen claimed: "We were a bit rusty last week - our game is better than that. City's goals were from mistakes, and we've no reason to think we'll lose."
Hughes knows that a place in the last 16 against either Aalborg or Deportivo la Coruna is still in City's hands despite the blow of conceding that late, late goal in the Parken Stadium a week ago.
He said: "We have a slight advantage because of the away goals, but that goal was a disappointment - and Copenhagen got a real boost from it. They know they have to come here and beat us, and that 1-0 would do.
"It would have been far harder for them if we'd held on at 2-1. But we have to be positive and make sure we get the job done. We have the weapons to create and score goals.
"It's up to us to make sure we don't fall out of the competition. Sometimes you think that it's more trouble than it's worth having to play on Thursdays then Sundays, but when you get knocked out there is a gap and a feeling of 'what if ...'
"European football raises a club's profile, not that we need help in that respect! But the more games, the better it will be for the development of the team. It's not until you get to the quarters or semis you can think about winning it."
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