Europa League: Liverpool to face "Brazilian" FK Rabotnicki in 3rd round qualifier
Liverpool travel to Macedonia to play FK Rabotnicki in the 3rd round qualifier of the Europa League on Thursday, July 29th with the return leg at Anfield on August 5th. This will be Roy Hodgson's first competitive game in charge of Liverpool, so it will be a match not to miss.
So who are FK Rabotnicki?
FK Rabotnick hail from the city of Skopje in Macedonia, the country being on the northern border of Greece. They are know locally as the "Railway Football Club" although their website, when Google does the translation, refers to them as the "Workers". They were founded in 1937 and play in the country's top league, the Prva Liga, finishing 2nd last season, hence them qualifying for this years early rounds of the Europa League. They won the Prva Liga in 2005, 2006 & 2008.
It seems like the player to watch out for is 29-year-old Bobi Boà Şinovski who scored 15 goals for them last season. Something that did surprise me was even though the majority of FK Rabotnicki players are from Macedonia they actually have six Brazilians in the squad, according to Wikipedia.
The FK Rabotnicki web site describes the potential tie against Liverpool, they hadn't beaten the Armenian side Mika when it was written, as "spectacular news that shocked Skopje and spread through the capital with the speed of light". Brilliant stuff!
Click HERE to link to the Google translated FK Rabotnicki website.
You have to believe Liverpool won't have too much trouble overcoming Rabotnicki, but it will require them scoring a couple of away goals in Skopje to ensure an easier passage.
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To be honest, im not really fussed about the Europa league. i think it will detract our attention from the main objective, which is to qualify for champions league. If i were Roy, i would be content in playing our younger players in the Europa league to showcase our talents, and let the big guns concentrate on the Premier League. But that's just me...
If you know anyone traveling to Skopje for the match needing an accommodation, please let him contact me on: pane.perunovski@ymail.com
It is an apartment in 5 mins walking distance from the Philip II Arena.
All the people are talking about under the 40 Celsius these days is Liverpool. Pity they come with the reserve team.
greets from Skopje
Rabotnicki is a pronoun meaning Workers'. All the clubs in ex Yugoslavia owned by the Railways were called Rabotnicki or Radnicki in the Serbo-Croat speaking republics.
The club today is privately owned and more popular under the nickname The Romantics.
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