It has happened and happened to Lukas Hradecky, who is exceptionally furious – the Europa League can save the season of the team that was the worst in his home country

The Europa League quarterfinals kick off on Thursday evening. Lukas Hradecky Bayer Leverkusen will face Hungarian Ferencvaros.

Leverkusen’s season in the Bundesliga has been difficult. The team managed to win only two of their first twelve series matches. After a disastrous start, the team has risen to ninth in the Bundesliga. However, the top spot, which entitles them to the Europa League for next season, is still 11 points away.

Urheilu’s expert would have to be left out of the Europeli Markus Halstin of great importance to Leverkusen, who are used to being right behind the giants in the Bundesliga, at least in places 5-6.

The best chance for Europe’s brightest lights may be advancing to the end in the Europa League.

– They are used to playing in Europe. If that opportunity leaves, it will be interesting to see how the team is built for next season. A good example is Eintrach Frankfurt from last year’s European League, who knocked down the giants on their way to winning the tournament.

Frankfurt earned a place in the Champions League by winning the Europa League, although the team finished 11th in the Bundesliga.

According to Halst, Leverkusen is the pre-favorite for the pair of matches despite their modest domestic record.

– If Ferencvaros goes beyond that pair of matches, it will be a big surprise. Leverkusen’s coaching and organization are aware of the situation. The pressure is completely on their end of the field. A bad league season is not the easiest starting point.

Hradecky does not shy away from risks

Leverkusen’s previous pair of Europa League matches against Monaco was full of drama. Hradecky scored an own goal in the opening match on his home field, when Monaco’s attacking colossus Breel Embolo hurled the ball past the Huuhkaja keeper and seemed to tackle him in the back, as a result of which the ball bounced off Hradecky’s legs and into the goal. Leverkusen lost the match 2–3.

– It was a clear mistake. I won’t say anything more about it, it was rude, Hradecky told the television channel In an interview with RTL (you switch to another service).

After the match, emotions heated up. The players and the background people of the teams drifted into a skirmish, which Hradecky, as captain, tried to clear up. Hradecky, known for his tongue-in-cheek comments, got exceptionally hot especially because of that incident. He considered the events after the match childish.

– This is a new generation. They all think they have bigger penises than others. They are all children, Hradecky charged and left the interview station.

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In the end, Leverkusen got the last word in a heated pair of matches, when it won 4–2 with a hard-fought victory at Monaco’s home field and advanced 6–5 on aggregate.

It has happened and happened to Hradecky in European games and big matches. In addition to the Monaco match, in the group stage of the autumn Champions League, Hradecky failed when he slid the ball in his lap into his own goal against Club Brugge Akabar Syllan after the bump.

Halsti, who played with Hradecky himself, thinks that the Finnish goalkeeper is not afraid of risks. Taking risks, especially with the ball, is part of Leverkusen’s style of play.

– He plays with the ball at a very high risk level. That is what is required of him. It has been a certain trademark of Leverkusen in recent years. That’s part of it and the club certainly understands that they have a goalkeeper like that and they have to use it.

– If you start making too many mistakes and you are the captain of the team and the most experienced players, you will start to be questioned much faster than a young talent who is given room to make mistakes.

In principle, another Finn can be seen in the quarterfinals of the Europa League. Casper Terho moved from HJK to the Belgian Royale Union Saint-Gilloise in the fall, which will receive Union Berlin.

Nordic and Finnish colors in the conference league

The quarterfinals of the Conference League will also be played on Thursday evening. An interesting pair of matches from a Finnish point of view is the meeting between Lech Poznan and Djurgården from Poland. In the ranks of the Swedish team, someone familiar from the national team plays Rasmus Schullerwho is suspended for tonight’s first leg.

– Djurgården had a good draw. I could have come up against really big teams, says Halsti.

– The team has only played a couple of domestic cup matches this year, but there is a very good chance to advance. However, Lech goes into the pair of matches as early favourites. However, the Scandinavian teams are always small teams in terms of budget compared to Central Europe.