Derry City's adventure into Europe - here's what the opposition website says

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Derry City go into action this evening against Danish side Midtylland in the Europa League.

Here's the brief match preview from the Danish club's website.

It's been translated into English and a few things do not translate directly. Whether your typical Danish fan knows your Irish League from your League of Ireland is unlikely.

Here's what their fans have been reading on-line:

"The wolves from Midtjylland are ready to cope with the new season.

" A season starting on Thursday 29 June, when FC Midtjylland welcomes the guests of the Irish league Derry City FC.

"First match in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League is played at the stadium in Herning, and the week after is the return show at The Showgrounds in Sligo, Ireland.

"It is a team of exciting new additions and there are views on several debates on Thursday evening, where Jesper Hansen, Michael Falkesgaard, Zsolt Korcsmar, Bozhidar Kraev and Alexander Sørloth are new faces in the squad.

"We have had a short start and it is just a tough fight with an international match where we will meet Derry City, who is in the midst of their domestic tournament. So we have to be there from the start and it places great demands on players," says head coach Jess Thorup.

"As best known, the best of two shows is played with the rule of out-of-field in play! (ED: Figure that out!)

"We must have a good starting point and it will not be a walkover, but we look forward to getting started with the new season," says Jess Thorup.

The squad against Derry City FC

  1. Jesper Hansen
  2. Tim Sparv
  3. Zsolt Korcsmar
  4. Marc Dal Hende
  5. -
  6. Markus Halsti
  1. Jakob Poulsen
  2. Janus Drachmann
  3. Alexander Munksgaard
  4. Simon Kroon
  5. Bozhidar Kraev
  6. Kristian Riis
  7. Alexander Sørloth
  8. Kaan Kairinen
  9. André Rømer
  10. Michael Falkesgaard
  11. Paul Onuachu
  12. Rilwan Hassan
  13. Andreas Poulsen
  14. Gustav Wikheim

REMEMBER: For a full match report, reaction and photos of Derry fans in Europe see Monday's Derry News.

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