Football 19/8/2021
Football 19/8/2021. Rangers play Galatasaray in the Europa League. Tottenham and St Johnstone play in the Conference League.
Football 19/8/2021 – Pacos De Ferreira v Tottenham Hotspur
Harry Kane will not play for Tottenham in Thursday’s Europa Conference League play-off first leg against Pacos de Ferreira.
The England striker, who reportedly wants to leave the club, was not part of the group who flew to Portugal on Wednesday for the game.
Kane, 28, also missed Sunday’s 1-0 win over Manchester City, the team who are trying to buy him.
He returned to training late after a post-Euro 2020 holiday in the USA.
“He is getting his fitness better each day,” said boss Nuno Espirito Santo. “He is going to work today, he is going to work tomorrow, he’ll join the group on Friday and Saturday we will make a decision [on whether he could face Wolves on Sunday].”
Nuno has confirmed none of the starting XI who beat Manchester City will face Pacos de Ferreira, who finished fifth in the Portuguese league last season.
“It’s important that all of them have real competition,” he said. “The players that started the game on Sunday are not going to be involved.”
The winner of this two-legged tie will go into the group stage of the inaugural third-tier European competition.
Football 19/8/2021 – LASK v St Johnstone
Team news
David Wotherspoon has not travelled to Austria as he continues to isolate having been identified as a close contact of someone with Covid-19, but Glenn Middleton is now eligible to play.
The club are still working on getting a visa for Finnish striker Eetu Vertainen.
The Linz side do not represent a significant drop in quality from Galatasaray, given their recent Europa League pedigree.
Last season they finished third in a high-scoring group behind Tottenham and Royal Antwerp, but managed to draw 3-3 with the former at home. The year before, they topped a section containing Sporting of Portugal, and PSV of the Netherlands, before losing to Manchester United in the last 16.
On the plus side for Davidson’s men, LASK have only won one of their opening four Austrian Bundesliga games having finished fourth last term.
Last season’s top scorer Johannes Eggestein is no longer at the club after his loan spell ended, while impressive winger Andreas Gruber is out injured.
OTHER FOOTBALL – THURSDAY 19 AUGUST
12:00am THU CANADIAN PREMER LEAGUE – York v Atletico Ottawa
Canada – OneSoccer
USA – Fox Soccer Plus
1:00am CONCACAF LEAGUE PRELIMS – Santos de Guapiles v Verdes
USA – Fox Sports 2
3:00am CONCACAF LEAGUE PRELIMS – Marathon v Diriangen
Canada – OneSoccer
USA – Fox Sports 2
1:00pm BEACH FOOTBALL WORLD CUP – UAE v Tahiti
Canada – TSN Digital
Malaysia – Astro Supersport 3
MENA – beIN Sports English 2
New Zealand – Sky Sport 7 beIN Sports
South Africa – Supersport Football
2:30pm BEACH FOOTBALL WORLD CUP – Paraguay v Japan
Canada – TSN Digital
Malaysia – Astro Supersport 2
MENA – beIN Sports English 2
New Zealand – Sky Sport 7 beIN Sports
South Africa – Supersport Football
5:00pm BEACH FOOTBALL WORLD CUP – Mozambique v Spain
Canada – TSN Digital
MENA – beIN Sports English 2
New Zealand – Sky Sport 7 beIN Sports
South Africa – Supersport Football
6:30pm BEACH FOOTBALL WORLD CUP – Football Union of Russia v USA
Canada – TSN Digital
Malaysia – Astro Supersport 2
MENA – beIN Sports English 1
New Zealand – Sky Sport 7 beIN Sports
South Africa – Supersport Football
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