Lugano v Plzeň background
Lugano will demeanour to equivocate another 2-1 better in UEFA Europa League Group G opposite a Plzeň organisation who have not won on a highway in Europe for some time.
Previous meetings
• The sides are assembly for a initial time, and it is Plzeň’s lass confront with Swiss opposition.
• Lugano faced another Czech club, Slavia Praha, in a 1995/96 UEFA Cup second round; FrantiÅ¡ek Cipro’s Slavia kick Roberto Morinini’s organisation 2-1 in Lugano and afterwards 1-0 in Prague.
Form guide
• Lugano have mislaid both of their Group G games by a same 2-1 scoreline.
• Plzeň are but a win in 11 European divided matches (D5 L6)
• Third in Switzerland final term, Lugano – from a Italian-speaking Ticino canton – have been absent from UEFA foe given 2002/03 and have never before featured in a organisation stage.
• Runners-up in final term’s Czech First League, Viktoria Plzeň are contesting a UEFA Europa League organisation theatre for a third true season. They reached a final 16 in 2012/13 and 2013/14.
Trivia and links
• The tour from Plzen to Lugano is a small over 500km.
• Plzeň’s Martin Zeman played in Switzerland with Sion (2015–16).
The coaches
• Pierluigi Tami took assign of Lugano for a second time in Jun 2017, a Italian-born defender carrying spent his whole veteran career in Switzerland. Notably, he assisted Ottmar Hitzfeld during his spell as inhabitant coach.
• After stints as Czech Republic and Anji coach, Pavel Vrba rejoined Plzeň this year, carrying progressing directed Viktoria to dual championships between 2008 and 2013. Once a BanÃk Ostrava actor and coach, he carried a 2006/07 Slovak pretension as Žilina boss.