Lugansk Dawn in the 3rd round of the group stage of the Europa League continued to write a story. After the victory in the previous meeting in Bilbao over Athletic (1: 0), which became the first for the Ukrainian club in the group stages of European tournaments, the "white and black" in Lviv surpassed Herta with a score of 2: 1.
This win was for Zari the first home in the main grid of European competitions. It is symbolic enough that Alexander Svatok scored the winning goal in a stubborn duel with mutual chances, for which that ball was the first in his professional career.
After the first round, the Lugansk players with 6 points gained a second place in the quartet, a point behind the leader of Ostersund. The Berlin team with 1 point remains an outsider. As for the tournament layouts, it makes no sense to make any predictions in this group.
The written favorites of the quartet, Athletic and Hertha, lag behind the leaders with a significant lumen. And the leader in the group Estersund, who in the current Swedish championship does not even enter the European Cup zone. But it will not be a big surprise if just "Old Lady" with "athletes" will take the first two places. For example, Gerte at home to play with Zarya and Estersund.
Despite past matches, it is the Germans who will be favorites in these games, after all the German club does not lose in four home European Cup matches in a row, twice winning in them and twice having drawn.
The problem is that while in all games the Berliners started with a "one and a half" composition. Most likely, it will be so in the future. Too intense matches in the Bundesliga, and the bench at Herta is not as long as the head coach would have liked.
That's Zarya and will try to take advantage of this fact and get a third straight win, which can lead them to the 1/16 finals, if Athletic does not beat Estersund at home. We can assume that all the remaining meetings in Group J will start from scratch.
That is, opponents will not think about the current situation and possible tournament hands, but will go out on the field and fight for victory in every particular battle. And the scales will be similar in winter.
This win was for Zari the first home in the main grid of European competitions. It is symbolic enough that Alexander Svatok scored the winning goal in a stubborn duel with mutual chances, for which that ball was the first in his professional career.
After the first round, the Lugansk players with 6 points gained a second place in the quartet, a point behind the leader of Ostersund. The Berlin team with 1 point remains an outsider. As for the tournament layouts, it makes no sense to make any predictions in this group.
The written favorites of the quartet, Athletic and Hertha, lag behind the leaders with a significant lumen. And the leader in the group Estersund, who in the current Swedish championship does not even enter the European Cup zone. But it will not be a big surprise if just "Old Lady" with "athletes" will take the first two places. For example, Gerte at home to play with Zarya and Estersund.
Despite past matches, it is the Germans who will be favorites in these games, after all the German club does not lose in four home European Cup matches in a row, twice winning in them and twice having drawn.
The problem is that while in all games the Berliners started with a "one and a half" composition. Most likely, it will be so in the future. Too intense matches in the Bundesliga, and the bench at Herta is not as long as the head coach would have liked.
That's Zarya and will try to take advantage of this fact and get a third straight win, which can lead them to the 1/16 finals, if Athletic does not beat Estersund at home. We can assume that all the remaining meetings in Group J will start from scratch.
That is, opponents will not think about the current situation and possible tournament hands, but will go out on the field and fight for victory in every particular battle. And the scales will be similar in winter.
