This meeting will be a question of survival for both teams. Woe to the loser between FC Twente and Union Saint-Gilloise, in the Europa League.
FC Twente and Union Saint-Gilloise have not started their Europa League campaign very well. The people of Brussels have not yet pocketed the slightest success and have two small points in four games, while the Dutch have three points thanks to their shares against Manchester United, Fenerbahçe and Nice.
It is therefore a six-point meeting, a real question of survival for both teams which will take place in Twente this Thursday evening. The 5th Eredivisie club, which saw Lazio Rome win in its lair, must still travel to Olympiakos in Malmö and host Besiktas before the end of its campaign.
“Is this Union reception the least attractive meeting of the first round?” This was the question asked by a Dutch journalist to Twente coach Joseph Oosting. “Do we absolutely have to win it to consider the next round?”, relate our colleagues from the Future.
Mandatory for both teams, victory?
The 52-year-old coach responded hesitantly. “Absolutely, I don’t think so. But I understand what you mean. Well, it’s true that we have to win this match.”
Undefeated for a month and Lazio’s victory on home soil, FC Twente approaches this Europa League meeting with full confidence. A different feeling from Saint-Gillois “who are a step ahead of us at European level”, according to Joseph Oosting, and who will have to do the job.
