Hibs face Videoton or Maribor in Europa League
Sunshine on Leith in the qualifiers?
Given that John Hughes was responsible for guiding Falkirk into Europe but left before the club made their debut in the Europa League qualifying campaign, it is perhaps right that Hughes now gets a crack at it with Hibs.
The Easter Road side had a tremendous first half of the campaign but fell away really badly. In the end though, they with-held the challenge from Motherwell and grabbed a spot in the Europa League qualifying rounds. Motherwell gained entry thanks to Dundee United winning the Scottish Cup and won their first tie 1-0 at Fir Park last night.
Hibs have already strengthened their squad this summer and have brought European experience to Easter Road with Edwin de Graaf. His knowledge and composure may be vital as Hibs look to progress to the final knock-out round of the Europa League qualifiers.
The draw sees them pitched alongside Videoton or Maribor, with Hibs away in the first leg.
The ties are scheduled to be played on:
Thursday 29th of July and
Thursday 5th of August
The second leg tie of this round is still over a full week ahead of the start of the SPL campaign so Hibs will be in action before the majority of the league.
Can Yogi get the Leith boys into the next round?
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Videoton are a team worth watching but their style is a bit dated now. They play well when they go fast forward. But you have to rewind back the years to get their best days. Hughes will need to pause and think about tactics or they could be ejected out of Europe before the main story starts.
See what you did there…..
The facebook link for the page makes some cheap play on Videoton killed the SPL stars.
(Un)funny story, it’s one of the team names I can remember from the mid 80s when first started getting into football.
Obviously the European highlights were on football focus on a saturday lunchtime and this bizarrely named team wearing a really purple top came on…and they’ve been lodged in the brain ever since. Sadly nothing of any value stays in there