On Thursday, August 4, at 8:30 p.m. in Lublin, Poland, Zorya Lugansk and Craiova University will meet in the countdown of the first leg of the third qualifying round of the Conference League, live on Digi Sport 1 and Prima. Sports 1.
Luhansk “Zorya” was in 4th place at the time of suspension of the championship of Ukraine and will play the first official match after a break of more than six months (December 12, 2021, 1:1 with “Dynamo” Kyiv; domestic competitions will resume at the end of August).
The coach is the Dutchman Patrick van Leeuwen (52 years old), and after the departure of foreign footballers due to the war, the team consists only of Ukrainian footballers, with two exceptions – the Brazilian Christian and the Ghanaian Raymond Owusu.
Luhansk “Zorya” has won only one championship title in its history, during the times of the USSR, in 1972, and at the international level, in the last six years during which it was celebrated, it reached the UEFA Europa League groups three times. prestigious victories with Athletic Bilbao, Hertha Berlin, Leicester and AEK Athens.
The University of Craiova is going through difficult times at the beginning of the season: it has only two points in the Super League, and in Europe it was not at all convincing in the “double” of the previous round with Vlaznia Shkoder (1-1 away and 3-0 at home), thus the position of coach Laszlo Balinta on Olten’s technical bench is getting weaker and weaker! “We need to quickly unite about what we should do in Poland. We have shown that we can create good football, but we need to be more efficient. Victories bring a different mood, as do defeats. We have to react as well as possible in the match from Thursday,” said Laszlo Balint.
Most likely, the coach of the white and blue will not make many changes in the starting XI compared to the lost game with Rapid in the Super League. However, the suspended Nikusor Banku and Alexandru Mateu will return, and it is possible that Sergiu Hanka could start the match in Poland from the first minute.
Superbet offers odds of 1.40 for a draw or a win for the University of Craiova in the match with Zorya Lugansk.
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| Draw or win for Craiova University | 1.40 |
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Source: Hot News RO
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