We are not a punching bag, say the Danes to Pilsen, which is an autumn match

If coach Adriana Guľy’s charges succeed, they will advance to the final play-off, and in the event of defeat, autumn without cups awaits them for the second time in a row.

“We can say that we will have an autumn match. If we manage it, then another autumn match in a week. We have a key 14 days ahead of us in the season,” said Pilsen midfielder Jan Kopic.

The West Bohemians won 4: 1 in Saturday’s league general on the Bohemians 1905 course. During his debut, Zdeněk Ondrášek, the national team striker and freshman from Dallas, scored.

“It is a very good stimulus for us. I believe that we will confirm it in a substantial domestic match with victory and progress,” said coach Guľa, under which Pilsen has won all 10 previous competition duels at home.

Sönderjyske will perform for the second time in the European Cups, where he completed only six matches. The club from the city of Haderslev four years ago in the fourth preliminary round of the European League lost to Prague’s Sparta after a home draw 0: 0 and an outdoor loss of 2: 3. The match at Letná was decided by the winning goal in the 85th minute by the current Pilsen captain Jakub Brabec.

The Danish team did not succeed at all in the last match before Victoria and lost 1: 4 in Vejle on Sunday. “It is a pity that we do not play the qualification of the European League at home, but we believe that we can succeed outside as well. We are not going to Pilsen as a punching bag, but with the aim of winning,” said Sönderjyske coach Glen Riddersholm.

In Alkmaar, the people of Pilsen were very close to advancing to the third preliminary round of the Champions League, which would at the same time give them the security of the European League group. In the Netherlands, they lost the lead in the fifth minute of the setting, when the home team converted the penalty after a foul by goalkeeper Aleš Hruška.

In extra time, AZ scored two more goals and won 3: 1. Last year, Viktoria and her coach Pavel Vrba were not enough for the Champions League qualification for Olympiakos Piraeus and lost to Antwerp in the subsequent third round of the European League.

The duel with Sönderjyske kicks off at 18:00, due to measures against the spread of coronavirus, it is played without spectators. The main judge will be Lithuanian Donatas Rumšas.

Advancing in the fourth preliminary round, he will compete with the Israeli Beer Sheva or the Scottish Motherwell.