With the returnees to the cup line-up Ondřej Kúdela and captain Jan Bořil, Prague’s Slavia will strive to advance to the group stage of the competition in Thursday’s retaliation in the 4th round of the European League. At home she drew with the Legion Warsaw 2: 2, now she has a duel in Poland.
The people of Prague had more of the game in the first duel a week ago, but the Legia showed great productivity. For two goals, two shots between the poles were enough for her.
“We have to play the same and get tired again. We have to change our chances and then I believe that we will definitely move on,” the Slavic back Alexander Bah revealed the plan.
Legia – Slavia on TV
The retreat of Thursday’s 4th preliminary round of the European League between the Warsaw Legion and Prague’s Slavia will be broadcast by O2 TV Sport. Moderator Michal Hrdlička will welcome Ivo Ulich, a former football midfielder of Slavia, and also coach Luboš Kozel in the studio from 8.30 pm as guests.
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“I think we have to play the same way. I believe it will break and the goals will start to fall there. If we play the same as in the first match, I believe it will work out,” said another defender David Zima.
Kúdela’s defender returns to the team of Praguers in Cups, who served a ten-match disciplinary penalty from UEFA for racist insult of an opponent in the March retaliation of the eighth finals of the European League in Glasgow against the Rangers.
Due to the penalty for three yellow cards for Oscar Dorley, the healed captain Jan Bořil will perform on the left back for the first time in the cup season.
“We believe that it will be an impulse for the team. We could see how Kudy and Bóřa conducted the team against Baník. It helped and we saw the perfect performance of Ondra Kolář and the whole team,” said assistant to the Slavic coach Zdeněk Houštecký.
In the warm-up before the first match in Eden, the forward Legion Pekhart injured his ankle, but at the beginning of the week he returned to training. The question mark also hangs over the start of several other Legion players.
Coach Czeslaw Michniewicz will no longer have at his disposal the author of one of the goals of defender Josip Juranovič, who left for Celtic Glasgow.
“I think we can play better than in the first match. We have to avoid simple losses, as well as the opponent’s most dangerous situations. We have to be especially sensitive to this,” said Michniewicz, whose team had a weekend duel with Termalica Nieciecza. Slavia defeated Ostrava 4-0 in the general team and extended the record series in the league without defeat for 50 matches.
The match will start on Thursday at 21:00. Due to the use of pyrotechnics by fans in the 3rd preliminary round of the Champions League, the Legion will have the northern tribune of the so-called Žylet with Dinam Zagreb, where the “boiler” is located. Due to coronavirus, visiting supporters cannot qualify in this year’s qualifiers.
If Praguers advance through the Warsaw team, they will receive a bonus of 3.63 million euros (92.3 million crowns) for participating in the European League group. The team that fails will play a group of the newly formed European Conference League and collect approximately 75 million crowns. Slavia in the European League the year before last and last year it reached the quarterfinals.
Slavia moved to the 4th preliminary round of the European League after she lost Budapest in the 3rd preliminary round of the Champions League with Ferencváros. The people of Prague failed to qualify for the prestigious competition in three of the four attempts under coach Jindřich Trpišovský. The Legia also dropped out in the 3rd preliminary round of the Champions League.
Legia – Slavia through the eyes of an expert
“Slavia drew 2: 2 at home in the first duel, but it was clearly better, beating the opponents on shooting attempts 17: 3. .
“In addition, the key stopper Kúdela is returning to the Slavia team, which can be a crucial factor. It is his presence on the field that will help to better organize the defensive four, and he will also have his partner Jan Bořil, who will jump for the won Oscar. The experience and leadership of the pair should “Slavia can contribute to the desired result, ie the win, which is expected by 84% of bettors. Towards the move, even 96% of players in the 1.56 odds believe Slavia,” adds Kovařík.
“Ivan Schranz is clearly the candidate for the goal scored in Slavia’s colors at odds of 3.4, the Slovak winger excels in speed and efficiency in the end, in the ongoing year of FORTUNA: LEAGUE he keeps the average goal scored per match,” concludes Fortuny expert.
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