Does the 1st FC Union play a bit wide against yourself?

In chic new adversities, the players of the 1st FC Union Berlin reached a charter machine on Wednesday afternoon Helsinki. In the evening there was the final training with 23 actors in the 1952 Olympic Stadium. Three players must be deleted before the first leg by the entry into the group stage of the Europe Conference League against Kuopion PS. The game is kicked on Thursday at 18 o'clock German time.

7000 trailers expect Kups, although Kuopio Airline is over 330 kilometers away. But many followers of the current table-sized would live in Helsinki, said a spokesman of the club. Union also brings 300 to 400 trailers that simply ignore the UEFA ban for outward fans in the qualification and play-off rounds. Who should cause them to be related to them at the European Comeback of their association after two decades - especially since the European Championship fans were expressly pushed through the UEFA. Union coach Urs Fischer is looking forward to the support. For the Swiss, it is by no means the greatest encounter since his takeover of 2018. But of course it is a special game. After 20 years ago playing again with Union International is something extraordinary, said Fischer.

He sometimes seems almost like Union, this disgusting, aggressive, compact.

Urs Fischer about the opponent Kuopion PS

One also noticed those responsible. While the team trained, President Dirk Zingler and Managing Director Oskar Kosche turned a honorary round on the Tartan Railway Stadium. They looked at everything very carefully. Security chief Sven Schlensog examined meanwhile with a secondment of local conditions - including guest block.

Captain Christopher Trimmel, Max Kruse and Co. had fun on the grass. But that could pass them in the 90 minutes on Thursday. A little far seem to play the iron against himself. The boys are predetermined. One or the other at the opponent is familiar to me. He sometimes seems like Union, this disgusting, aggressive, compact. And they are well organized. They will make us life difficult for us, says Fischer.

Fischer to Andrich: If you lose a player of his class, that does not help you

Especially since Sechser Robert Andrich, who belonged to the Oberekeln from his way from the Union, was migrated to Bayer Leverkusen this week. Fischer expressed himself in Helsinki. This is part of the football business and and Andrich had earned this through his achievements in the last two years, said Fischer. However, there was also one: If you lose a player of his class, that does not help you, Fisherman acknowledged. One must now trust those actors who are there.

They should make the next step at European level. The opponent who has already survived three qualifying rounds has fallen on the Ochsentour. Of course, Union is favorite, but in football everything is possible, said Kups coach Simo Valakari.