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The important match in the play-offs of the Europa League between FCSB and Vitoria de Guimaraes is scheduled in the Romanian capital Bucharest. The visitors from Portugal hope to benefit from the bad atmosphere at the home club.
FCSB:
The Romanian FCSB is better known under its old name Steaua Bucharest, which was a feared opponent in the past and even has a European Cup I in its prize cabinet. The current FCSB, however, inspires much less fear, because the Romanians have been deprived of European football for the last two years.
Whether FCSB will be able to qualify for the Europa League again this time remains to be seen, because the team of the new trainer Narcis Raducan has started the new season dramatically. The red shirts only managed to win one of their six league matches so far. Last weekend, after the 1-2 home defeat against Politehnica Iasi, a fight has even broken out in the dressing room according to the Romanian press. Harlem Gnohere, Adrian Popa and Valentin Cretu, among others, allegedly flew into each other’s hands, and the goalkeeper coach would also have dealt blows. That was certainly not the first incident, because captain Florin Tanase criticized in a TV interview a few weeks ago. It is still unclear what consequences the fight will have last weekend. A hefty fine is obvious, but it is possible that the players involved were also excluded from the selection. Whatever the case may be, it is clear that the Romanian team spirit is currently far away.
Vitoria de Guimaraes:
Vitoria de Guimaraes has nothing to lose on Thursday evening. The Portuguese are naturally in the shadow of top teams like Sporting CP, Benfica, and FC Porto in their own country, and the last time they managed to qualify for the group stage of the Europa League is now six years ago.
Yet Vitora de Guimaraes is full of confidence. The team finished last season in the Portuguese Primeira Liga in a deserving fifth place, and also did it in the previous preliminaries against Luxembourg-based Jeunesse d’Esch (5-0 over two games) and Latvian Ventspils (9-0 over two games) ) excellent. The only blemish at the early season is the 1-1 draw against Boavista in the opening round of the Primeira Liga, in which Vitoria de Guimaraes received the equalizer deep in the final phase. However, the confidence remains strong at Os Vimaranenses. The tastemaker is the Brazilian wing Davidson, who was accurate in the last three games. Reportedly, various Russian and Turkish clubs are prepared to put his lump sum of 10,000,000 euros on the table during this transfer period.