Slavia Prague head coach Jindřich Trpisovský told what he expects from his team's return match against Dnipro Dnipro 1 in the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League, which will take place today in Kosice. Recall, the first meeting of the rivals ended with a major victory of the Czech team with a score of 3:0.
Jindřich Trpiszowski"After the first game, which ended with the score 3:0 in our favour, we have a certain advantage and we are in a more favourable position. But we respect the opponent and we want to maintain and improve this advantage.
In the return match we will have the same spirit as for the first game, despite the advantage in the score. I would like to note that Dnipro-1 is a great team with many strong individual players. On Thursday they will play at home and we will see how it will be. Our goal is to go as far as possible and secure a place in the group round of the Europa League.
"Dnipro 1" is a strong team and they are keen to prove that the first game was a mistake and plan to avenge this disappointing result for them. Our opponents have done a match analysis, perhaps they will release other players in the starting lineup, and it should be noted that they have a strong selection of performers.
"Dnipro-1" played on equal terms with "Panathinaikos", which had passed "Marseille" the day before, and this once again proves the quality of the team. We have also played with them, and we understand what our opponent is. On Thursday, the main thing for us will be to keep the handicap we have. Maybe we will change to a more defensive version of the game to keep the result," said Trpiszowski at the pre-match press conference.
