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Over the weekend, the MŠK Žilina footballers will start the fortune league season as a participant in European competitions. In the 1st preliminary round of the European Conference League, Dilu Gori was eliminated from Georgia and they will start in the opening match of the 2nd preliminary round at the Apollon Limassol in Cyprus on Thursday at 19.00 CET.
Although the Slovak representative lost 1: 2 in retaliation in Georgia, it was enough for him to advance after the home triumph 5: 1. “I think it certainly pleases everyone who works in the club, as we have been used to regular participation in the Cup Europe in the past. There is a lot of energy and enthusiasm for the players, the implementation team or everyone in the club. It’s such a diversion. “We were pleased that we managed the double match of the first qualifying round very well, especially the home round, and we showed very good football. We achieved the goal of advancing, the revenge was not optimal, but it is another experience for young players.” quoted the sports manager Karol Belaník from the official website of the people of Žilina.
According to him, Apollon will be a stronger opponent: “They play cultured, combination and offensive football, and in the last rounds they were in the title competition in their competition. So we have an extremely difficult opponent waiting for us, who will clearly show us where we have moved in performance.”
Three days later, MŠK hosts the highest Slovak competition Sereď: “It will definitely be very difficult to combine, but we also have some experience from the past. But there will also be room for players who have played less now. Personnel rotation will be very important for us at the moment, because travel, which is really enough now. “
Belaník added that the primary goal of the “shoshons” in FL will be to place in the top six: “After the end of the transition period, we will be wiser and then we can better set a specific goal. At least we want to be at least on the ranks as last year. Everything higher will be just a bonus for us.”
Pavol Staňo
Source: TASR
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Coach Pavol Staňo starts his third season on the MŠK bench: “Stabilizing performance is the most important thing we want to achieve before the new season. In every single match we want to play at a high pace, intense and show a bit of football. What will be enough, difficult to predict. I believe we will keep the trend from last season and Another high-quality Cypriot team is waiting for us after the Georgian opponent. We ran a total of 122 kilometers against Dila Gori in retaliation, which some considered only a passive defense. This is proof that the boys got it right. “
They have already played one duel with fans under Dubň. “500 spectators could come against Gori in the home match and they helped us a lot. Dila Gori was a really strong opponent, although the first match did not indicate that. Limassol is even better. The weather is difficult there, I still played against the local Larnaca in Trenčín “I warn the boys about this. It will be important to manage the first duel in Cyprus in terms of performance and results.” concluded Captain Jakub Paur.
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