Today Club flew to Istanbul as a group leader for the clash with Besiktas. Everything you need to know about the trip to Turkey, read below.
Thursday night the final away game of our UEFA Conference League group stage is scheduled. A day before, at 10 a.m., the full squad left from Ostend airport for a three-hour flight to Turkey's biggest city.
Locally, the clock is flushed two hours, so the landing will only take place around 3 p.m. After some rest in the rooms, everyone gets ready for training at Vodafone Park. At 5:45 p.m. Belgian time, coach Ronny Deila and Maxim De Cuyper will first answer questions from the press, before everyone gets acquainted with the turf of the stadium where some 1,000 Club fans will take their seats Thursday night.
The press conference can be followed live on Facebook & YouTube.
By the way, did you know?
- Club went on to win 1-3 at Besiktas in the 1/8th final of the UEFA Europa League in 2015?
- Club is one of the 4 teams that are already certain of wintering after only 4 match days? Frankfurt, PAOK and Viktoria Plzen also already qualified for the next round.
- Club is sure of the group win if it does better than Bodo Glimt against FC Lugano.
