Football. ua represents the announcement of the first round of the group round of the Europa League between Zarei and Ostersund.

In the first round of the group stage of the Europa League, Dawn has a real chance to win his first victory at this stage of the tournament, but Estersund dreams about the same.

Dawn - Ostersund Thursday, September 14, 10:05 pm. Lviv, Arena Lviv. Arbitrator - Stefan Klossner (Switzerland).

It would seem that after the last season, when the rivals got into the group to Zara, they did not allow Lugansk citizens to win at least one victory, this time at least one opponent looks quite in the teeth. Ostersund - the debutant of Eurotourners, and in the top division of Sweden appeared more recently.

However, the first impression is deceptive, at least the list of victims of the Swedes in the qualification of the League of Europe shows: the Turkish Galatasaray (2: 0 and 1: 1), Greek PAOK (1: 3 and 2: 0) well familiar to Olympique and Fola from Luxembourg, a victory over which can be taken for granted (1: 0 and 2: 1).

Not bad is Ostersund and in the championship of Sweden, after the 22nd round, taking sixth place, behind the zone of European cups by only three points.

The situation in Dawn is much worse - only two wins in the eight rounds of the championship of ULL. However, it is quite possible that the wards of Yuri Vernadub are saving all their unspent forces and undiscovered opportunities for the League of Europe? In any case, the defeat of Chernomorets and the stubborn struggle with the Miner until the last minutes clearly indicate that the team is emerging from the crisis.

Interesting facts - Swedish teams have never won in European competition in Ukraine - 2 draws and 3 losses.

- Last season in the group stage of the Europa League, Zarya could not win a single home victory.

Approximate compositions of the Dawn: Lunin - Opanasenko, Checher, Priyma, Sukhotsky - Andrievsky - Karavaev, Gordienko, Babenko, Gromov - Uri.

Ostersund: Keita - Mensa, Nuri, Papayannopoulos - Bjerkstrom, Edwards, Pettersson, Sema - Fritsson - Archin, Bertilsson.

Words by Yuri Vernidub, coach of Zarya:.

"The mood of the team is good. Preparing for the game and waiting for tomorrow. There are small problems. Vasily Priyma was injured in the last match against Shakhtar. He will not play. All the others are preparing for the match. We flew with 20 players - 17 field and three goalkeepers. I respect my opponent very much. They looked good in qualifying. Spent 6 matches. Of them, only one match was lost - the Greek 1: 3. This indicates that the team looks good. In the championship of Sweden they are close to the prize-winning places. I wish them to get into the top three and get a chance to compete in the Europa League next season. I can say that we, like Estersund, are waiting for tomorrow. Everything will be visible on the field. Let the strongest win ".

"Tomorrow we will be the masters. We have nothing left but a game of results. I hope the guys understand this and will play actively ahead. Although I will say that looking at the matches of Ostersund, this team looks good in the attack. Moreover, they use several schemes. Tomorrow we'll see everything. I would very much like to play number 1 ".

"I would very much like to have more fans than a quarter of the stadium. We understand that this is not our stadium, not the club. I really respect the people of Lviv and I want to ask them to come to the stadium and support us. We are the same as you are, we love our country and we will do everything in order to play as well as possible. Especially, in our team, almost all Ukrainians. There are very few foreigners ".

"I never counted how many points I needed to get out of the group and I'm not going to do it. Need to go out and play. Collect points and do everything in order to go as far as possible ".

Graham Potter, coach of Ostersund:.

"Dawn is a good team with good tactics. They have performed in the European League for years. Luhansk citizens are physically strong. Looking forward to a good match. As we will play tactically, you will see during the game. We gained experience. I do not want to disclose cards. You will see what our team is capable of. At first the fact of our team's exit to the group stage in Sweden was perceived as a surprise. However, we did a lot of work to get into the group stage. Our country and city can be proud of its team ".

"Of course, we will be satisfied with the victory. But we will be opposed by a strong team.

We went from 4 divisions to the top leagues, that's why we were always tuned and adjusted only to a positive result. As will be at this time - we will see. Damage to Douglas Bergquist. Most likely, he will not play. All the others are ready to enter the field ".

"I am pleased with the draw of the group. Athletic, Herta and Zarya - good rivals and good teams. We are glad that we have the opportunity to show ourselves and introduce Sweden to the Euro-arena in matches with such clubs ".

forecast 1: 0.