After a valuable success in Croatia a week ago (2-1), the
Strasbourg Racing Club returns to Rijeka to try to punch their ticket for the quarter-finals of the Conference League, this Thursday evening (kick-off at 9 p.m.). A competition that the Alsatian club is approaching with teeth scratching the floor after finishing in first place in the regular phase. Despite the overloaded schedule with three different tables (Ligue 1, Coupe de France and Ligue Conference), Gary O’Neil assures that his players “are not tired”.
“We are used to playing here without an advantage, starting 0-0. Here we come back from a trip to a difficult stadium, where Rijeka has very good results, and we managed to leave with an advantage, which was very important. The players worked a lot for this. We have an advantage, but we don’t count on it. We want to win the match. » The game plan remains the same: the same aggressiveness, the same concentration with the ball. Nothing changes.
» Strasbourg will therefore not take a defensive approach: “We are not here to defend down low or change the way we play. We will be ourselves, try to win and qualify. »
The expected compositions
Strasbourg: Penders; Doukoure, Hogsberg, Chilwell; Omobamidele, V. Barco, El Mourabet, Ouattara; Nanasi, Enciso; Panichelli.
Rijeka: Zlomislic; Orec, Husic, Radeljic, Devetak; Petrovic, A. Barco, Dantas, Gojak; Adu-Adjei, Fruk.
Where to watch the match?
This round of 16 second leg of the Conference League between Racing Club de Strasbourg and HNK Rijeka will be broadcast this Thursday on Canal + Foot, from 9 p.m. It will also be possible to watch it on the group’s streaming platform, MyCanal.
