On Wednesday evening, BK Häcken will host Welsh The New Saints at home in the first qualifying round for the group stage in the Champions League. Häcken defeated AIK away from home on Saturday, and thus comes into tonight’s match with good confidence.
The Häcken coach Per Mathias Høgmo chooses this evening to make a change in his eleven compared to Saturday’s match, as Filip Trpcevski makes his first start this year and replaces Oscar Uddenäs on the field.
At the same time, the shooting king Benie Traore is neither in Häcken’s eleven nor on the team’s bench, even though he was selected in the match squad. Traore also missed the AIK match due to a death in the family.
“Benie Traore is missing from tonight’s match squad for personal reasons, having been at home in the Ivory Coast for the past week due to a death in the family. He only came back to Gothenburg last night and is not ready for today’s game,” writes Häcken on Twitter.
Sports manager Martin Ericsson explains:
– It is the whole situation, of course, with the loss in the family and everything that has been. He has been away for a number of days now and came late, so it is in consultation with him that it was best today, says Ericsson to Fotbollskanalen.
In recent times, Traore has also been linked with a move to clubs such as Celtic, Rangers and Sheffield United, and according to The evening paper Häcken now agrees with Sheffield United on a transfer fee of SEK 53 million.
Startelvor:
BK Häcken: Abrahamsson – Fridriksson, Sandberg, Hovland, Lund – Rygaard, Gustafson, Gustafson – Sadiq, Trpcevski, Sana.
The New Saints: Roberts – Marriott, Pask, Astles, Davies – Williams, Smith, Williams, Redmond, Daniels – Macmanus.
2023-07-12 16:24:32
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