St. Patrick's Athletic's opposition analyst Dave Campbell has shed some light on Tuesday night's Europa League opponents, Jeunesse Esch.
The Luxembourg outfit aren't entirely unknown to League of Ireland fans after they were beaten 5-1 on aggregate by Dundalk in the same competition in 2014.
However, as is perhaps the nature of most sides from the smaller footballing countries, their squad is drastically different now than it was back then. Only seven of the current squad were at the club for the tie against the Lilywhites.
“They've possibly lost their two best players from last year to Dudelange who won the league, so all things being equal that won't make them stronger,” Campbell told Extratime.ie. “It makes them a bit more of an unknown quantity, but with the same manager we'd expect them to play the same style of play.”
Continue reading my interview with Dave Campbell on Extratime.ie.
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