Pilsen went to Baku! The team is missing Bassey or Kasa, Horváth pointed out the quality of the opponent

The Victorians travelled to the Azerbaijani capital Baku to play the opening game of the Champions League play-offs. Their opponents will be Karabakh, who have faced three opponents. In what line-up did the Pilsen team travel to Baku?

Viktoria Plzeň has knocked out HJK Helsinki and Sheriff Tiraspol, so it is left to beat the last opponent, which is Azerbaijan’s Karabakh, which plays its home games in Baku.

Karabakh have managed to knock out Lech Poznan, Zurich and last but not least Ferencváros in their quest for the group stage. It’s fairly easy to say that the chances of both teams advancing are even.

“For us, this is an unpleasant opponent. They hold the ball a lot, they press a lot after losing the ball, especially in home games they were very brave and successful in pressing, they had a lot of gains and then they punished it.

When they get the ball high they are very dangerous and productive. For us, there are a lot of exclamation marks, what we must not commit and how to cross this part of them,” Pavel Horváth told the club website.

“The opponent’s results speak for themselves, they are a very good team that is better organized than Sheriff. But we are going there with a clear goal to win and bring home the best possible result,” added Jan Sýkora.

The first match is on Wednesday August from 18:45, for which the Victorians have already travelled to the distant country. The team is missing Fortune Bassey, as he already played for Ferencváros in the prelims, leaving no room for Matej Trusa, Filip Kasa or Kristi Qose.

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