Football. ua presents the announcement of the return match of the third qualifying round of the Europa League between Bordeaux and Mariupol.
After an insulting home defeat (1: 3) Alexander Babich's team was in a very difficult situation. Now the Azov club needs not just to win, but to score at least three goals.
Bordeaux - Mariupol Thursday, 21:45, Bordeaux, Stade de Bordeaux. Arbitrator - Andrew Dallas (Scotland). Live broadcast on the channel Football 1 Let's be frank, in the first meeting of these teams in Odessa, the guests were more convincing. And let the coach of Bordeaux Gustavo Poyet after the game crumble in compliments to the Azovites, the French won deservedly. Even after a missed quick goal from Dmitry Mishnev, the Girondins quickly figured out what was what they had achieved. You can, of course, remember that Poyet's team scored their second goal after the roughest mistake of the experienced Rustam Khudzhamov, but the difference in the class of rivals was already noticeable ... If Mariupol has already managed to start the championship, then Bordeaux only started in his native League 1. I must say, the Girondins started - you can not imagine anything worse. In the native walls of the wards Poyeta fell under the blows of the middle peasant league of Strasbourg (0: 2). The result was an unexpected, but quite relevant event on the field. And this can not but depress the Bordeaux coaching staff on the eve of the return match with Mariupol. True, the Odessa reserve can somewhat calm the team, and even before its own public, it is worthless to lose two duels to the series.
Team Babich in the past weekend resting. The fight with Dynamo was postponed to the end of September, so that the Azovites were able to take a few breaths. It should be noted that the Mariupol club in European competition - the guest is very rare, and the regime of combining the fight on several fronts for him. Even with a number of experienced performers (Khujamov, Fomin, Yavorsky, Tishchenko) Babich's team is hard at giving international matches. In the same victorious confrontation with Djurgarden (1: 1, 2: 1) Mariupol literally squeezed out a maximum and won with a huge effort.
Duel to the Stade de Bordeaux certainly will not be an easy walk for the favored French. It is possible that Poyet, being confident in the final success of the confrontation, will go on some personnel rotation. It is not excluded and banal underestimation from the players of Bordeaux, which can go to plus Mariupol. Ukrainians, in turn, will be both more difficult and easier. Yes, the chance for the French barrier to pass Babic's team is small, but there is an opportunity to just go on the field and show their best qualities. And there, you see, and Fortune will come to the rescue!.
Interesting fact - The winner of this pair in the next round will meet with the Belgian Ghent or the Polish Jagiellonia.
Approximate compositions of Bordeaux: Kostil-Gaich, Kunde, Pablo, Punj-Sankara, Plasil, Tchuameni-Kamano, Laborde, Yussuf Mariupol: Khudzhamov - Dava, Yavorsky, Bykov - Polegenco, Tischenko, Pihalenok, Mishnev, Demiri-Fomin, Churko Lyrics Gustavo Poyet, coach of Bordeaux:.
"At home we will play one hundred percent.
In football, everything can change quickly. We remember how PSG won 4: 0 for Barcelona, ??and then lost 1: 6. If we fall asleep, we will lose. Therefore, we will adjust with all seriousness ".
Alexander Babich, coach of Mariupol:.
"Let's think how to play in France. At least we have a small chance, so we will still fight. We will try to prepare well. The main thing is that the guys come out relaxed, calmly played football. Then you can show your game ".
3: 0 forecast.