Colonia
Europa League
Colonia, for the third day of the Europa League, will visit BATE from Belarus this Thursday (12:00 p.m.) at the Borisov Arena stadium. The German team, with Claudio Pizarro on the bench, is obliged to score their first three points in the tournament.
Another defeat for Colonia would leave them on the brink of elimination. The team led by Peter Stoger lost their first two matches in the European tournament and has also been going through a negative streak of results, as in the last eight matches they played, they lost seven and drew one.
Meanwhile, Claudio Pizarro will remain on the bench. The national striker played the last 45 minutes of the match that his team played in the Bundesliga last weekend.
On the other hand, BATE has only one point and also has the obligation to achieve a victory that puts them fully into the fight for the top two places in the group. Two teams with a common need: to win or win in order not to return home early in the Europa League.