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The Eredivisie is coming loose again this weekend, but nobody in Arnhem and the surrounding area is doing that. On Thursday-evening, Vitesse takes on FC Basel in the preliminary rounds of the Europa League, which has become one of the great powers of Switzerland.
Vitesse:
It promises to be an interesting season at Vitesse anyway. With former Russia national coach Leonid Slutski, the yellow blacks took a big name to the Gelredome. He has the task to forge a strong team and at least equal the sixth place last year. The yellow blacks also want to throw high eyes in Europe. ‘We almost do not even know that Sunday the competition will start again,’ says director Joost de Wit. ‘All eyes are focused on the game against FC Basel. This competition is very popular. ‘
That Vitesse under her new coach and many new ones is still somewhat searching was clear in the first leg of the previous qualifying round. On visiting the Romanian Viitorul, the Arnhemmers watched a 2-0 deficit after fifty minutes of play, although a defeat was still averted thanks to goals from Tim Matavz and Brian Linssen. Slutsky has two issues: the place in the midfield next to Thulani Serero and the place in the center of the back next to Jake Clark-Salter. Summer purchase Rasmus Thelander should basically play the latter role, although the Dane, to put it mildly, has some trouble with the game concept of Vitesse. The trunk must have his 1.91 meters especially of his physical. You can leave a rush off to him, but the build-up of reverse is a lot less smooth. ‘There is always room for improvement,’ says Thelander. ‘It’s about making the right decisions at the ball. I have to take steps in that. ‘
FC Basel:
Of course we all know FC Basel. The Swiss had in recent years a subscription to participation in the Champions League and last season even managed to overwinter in the European champions ball. This season, however, the red-blue will have to make it without Champions League football, because in the preliminaries, the Greek PAOK proved twice as strong for the Swiss. Especially the 0-3 home defeat was extremely painful.
It should therefore be clear that FC Basel did not start well on the new season. The team also had a very turbulent preparation, with strong defeats against, among others, Aarau (1-4) and Feyenoord (0-5). These results cost trainer Raphaël Wicky the head, but under successor Marcel Koller it is not much better. Yet you could see this lesser phase coming a bit. The sale of players such as Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), Tomas Vaclik (Sevilla) and Michael Lang (Borussia Mönchengladbach) did make a lot of money, but because of this the Swiss have deteriorated qualitatively. Last weekend, however, the team refueled in the second round of the Swiss Super League with 4-2 to win from Grashopper. One of the goal scorers was Ricky van Wolfswinkel, who returns to the old nest on Thursday evening. ‘I still have a lot of friends at Vitesse. However, top sport is averse to sentiment. ‘