Football. ua presents the announcement of the second round match of the group round of the Europa League between Athletic and Dawn.
Having lost in the first round of the group round of the Europa League to Ostersund, the team, which in all theoretical hands should be able to beat, Dawn went to Bilbao, where the chances of a successful result in the match against Athletic are very close to zero.
Athletic - Dawn Thursday, September 28, 20:00. Bilbao, Estadio San Mames. Arbitrator - Halis Ozkaya (Turkey). Live broadcast on the channel Football 1 Teams that received the results of last season the right to represent their country in European competition, in the current, to put it mildly, do not shine. Both Zarya and Athletic are ranked in the tournament tables of the championships of Ukraine and Spain under the "equator" line dividing them into the upper and lower halves. However, it's not a secret that the middle peasant of the La Liga is not the same as the middle peasant of the ULL.
If the Luhanskians are going to take away from San Mames the victory or at least a draw, they, perhaps, will not be easy to get out of the way. Have to rely on crazy fart, or believe that the coaching staff will come up with a surprise for the opponent who can beat Athletic out of the rut. At the pre-match press conference, coach Zari Yuri Vernidub admitted that certain ideas in this context he has.
After a completely unexpected, and therefore doubly offensive defeat from Ostersund, Zarya held two matches and both ended in a draw. Did not shine in the fits between the two rounds of the League of Europe three rounds Examples Atletico - two defeats and a draw.
Did not ignore both teams and personnel problems. As part of the delegation of Zary, went to Bilbao, there are Lubonovic, Prijima and Iuri, and one of the leaders of Athletic Muniain did not participate in the last training, and most likely will not play in the second round of the League of Europe.
Interesting facts - Dawn will first meet in European competition with a representative of La Liga.
- Lugansk lost the last four matches in the European League.
- Athletic has not yet lost to representatives of Ukraine: in the fights against Shakhtar in the asset of the Basques victory and draw.
- Athletic won six last home games in European competition.
Approximate compositions of the Athletic: Kepa - Lekue, Unai Nunez, Lyaport, Balenciaga - San Jose, Iturraspe - Susaeta, Raul Garcia, Inaki Williams - Aduric.
Dawn: Lunin - Opanasenko, Svatok, Grechishkin, Sukhotsky - Gordienko, Haratin - Karavaev, Babenko, Lunev - Gromov.
Will not play: Mikel Rico, De Marcos, Jerei Alvarez - Ljubenovic, Prijima, Iuri.
In doubt: Muniain (Athletic).
Words by Yuri Vernidub, coach of Zarya:.
"We did not start well, but the defeat from Ostersund was for us a lesson. We are waiting for an exciting game with an excellent opponent. We have a good understanding of the game of Athletics and will try to show one of their best games. I believe in my guys and I know that they will do everything to look dignified. I know that at the moment Athletics has a small decline, but I do not think that this will affect the motivation of the players. The strongest line of our opponent is an attack, but there are minuses in the defense. I will not talk about them, but we have one idea ...
Let's see if it works ".
Jose Angel Sigand, coach of Athletic:.
"We are ready for Zara and we know how she will play. Playing in San Mames in the Europa League is a good challenge. The last three rounds Examples we showed poor results, we have something to work on. We must play better, and for this we need to work hard ".
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