Yes I am getting ahead of myself after only one leg. Does anyone know much about our likely opponents for the next leg and how do you fancy out chances? I don’t know anything about them really however would like to think we can better the team that came 3rd in the Croatian league.
Also are we in the groups if we beat them or is there a further knockout round?
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23-07-2021 04:31 AM #1
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HMK Rijeka
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23-07-2021 05:18 AM #3
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Not finished outside of the top 3 since 2011/12 including a league title in 2017. They qualified for the group stages of last seasons Europa league finishing last in their group with 4 points (Napoli, Sociedad, AZ Alkmaar). So clearly a consistent club who are also no pushovers at Europa League level.
They played Aberdeen in Europa qualifying in 2019 and beat them 2-0 comfortably in both legs.
Think it will be a very tricky tie, and one we’ll need to be at our best to have a chance of progressing.
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23-07-2021 05:44 AM #5
We will not progress further in this tournament. They are a better, more experienced side. Glorious narrow defeat is the best we can hope for here.
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23-07-2021 06:37 AM #8
How do we think this team compare to asteras tripolis..? Any European Football experts here...
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23-07-2021 06:49 AM #10
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IMO any team which has played regularly in Europe invariably know how to deal with the atmosphere and referee. Gamesmanship, keeping the head or riling up the opposition and ability to put pressure on the ref cannot be underestimated. Have too often seen the better side beaten by streetwise opposition in Europe. It's very different to playing domestic matches.
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23-07-2021 06:53 AM #12
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I'd class them in the same bracket as Dnipro and Maribor. Very tough tie.
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23-07-2021 06:54 AM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
It will be a tough tie, but I'm not writing us off.
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23-07-2021 07:25 AM #16
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23-07-2021 07:26 AM #17
No reason why we can't beat them over 2 legs. If we can keep solid defensively, we've got the attacking players there that can score goals against pretty much anyone.
Unsure how possible it is, or if he'd need to isolate or whatever, but if we can even get Mueller in ahead of that tie, that could be an even bigger boost.
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Rijeka have made the groups a couple of times in recent years and as another poster said always come in the top 3 and have won a title recently as well. Tripolis are often a mid table side, regularly finishing 8th or 9th.
Think they will be the toughest side we've faced in Europe in a while (take Haaland away from Molde and they were nothing special) and will be a slight step up from Tripolis or Brondy imo.
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23-07-2021 07:57 AM #19
Just having a look at their European record the last few seasons confirms we are in for a tough game. Regularly make the Europa League group stages & have knocked out some decent teams (Stuttgart, RB Salzburg, Copenhagen) along the way.
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23-07-2021 08:08 AM #20
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23-07-2021 08:13 AM #21
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Shame we won’t even be allowed 10k for this game.
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23-07-2021 08:14 AM #22
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23-07-2021 08:19 AM #24
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23-07-2021 08:19 AM #25
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Not impossible but we will very much be underdogs IMO.
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