Esbjerg hosts Shakhtyor Soligorsk in the second leg of the Europa League qualification quarterfinals. The match will be played on Thursday, August 1st at Blue Water Arena (Esbjerg)
Esbjerg haled the unsuccessful first match with Belarusian Shakhtyor on the road, losing with a very unpleasant score (0:2). Now it makes the Danes go forward with great forces from the very first minutes of the return match; otherwise, they will not win back this negative handicap. In my opinion, this fight should be no less scoring than the previous one, which took place in double-edged attacks under the hood of the territorial advantage of the Danes. And both Esbjerg and Shakhtyor don’t know how to play differently. When it was very necessary, Esbjerg demonstrated an enviable persistence in attacking, for example, defeating the future champion Copenhagen with a 4:3 hockey score, vice-champion Midtyulland (2:1) and so forth!
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As for the visitors, I hope they understand what irreversible consequences can be caused only by defensive tactics, which have repeatedly let various teams down in a situation where they confidently won the first games and tried to keep the advantage in return ones. That is, Soligorsk is also quite motivated to play in the attack actively because, in the case of a goal scored by Shakhtyor, its task to get to the next qualification stage of the UEFA Europa League will be almost completed!
I am waiting for at least two goals in any direction in this interesting sparring.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.0 goals scored