2023-08-09 09:38:46
Lucerne face Hibernian Thursday evening (8:30 p.m.) in the first leg of the 3rd qualifying round of the Conference League. Central Switzerland players must be solid in Edinburgh.
Last weekend, the Scots missed the start of their season in front of their home crowd. They lost 3-2 at St-Mirren. The Lucerne also suffered a setback on Sunday in the league (2-1 in St. Gallen). The efforts made against Djurgarden a few days earlier finally caught up with them.
Internationally, the two clubs have not really shone in recent years. Lucerne’s greatest success dates back to 1960, when they reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners’ Cup. Hibernian was the first British club to play a European Cup match. In the 1955-56 season, the Scots reached the semi-finals.
The rest promises to be very complicated for the winner of this duel. Because to reach the group stage, it will be necessary to pass the playoffs and an opponent named Aston Villa. The English are regaining their former glory and have players like Philippe Coutinho, the Argentine world champion goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez or the Frenchman Moussa Diaby, who has just been transferred for 55 million euros.
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