Day -339 WorldCup2018
Before World Cup qualifying returns in August and before the European
leagues start again the long hard slog towards the Champions League and
Europa League group stages carries on. Tomorrow Malta's champions
Hibernians play FC Salzburg in the second round of Champions League
qualifying. It's a tall order for the Hibs but there is hope for a good
close match, at least in the first leg in Malta.
Malta's other first round winners in Europe, Valletta, play
Dutch team Utrecht in the Europa League on Thursday. Two Maltese teams
in the second round is quite a feat. That is comparable to another small
football nation, Scotland. Two Scottish teams lost in the first round,
Rangers and St. Johnstone and the other two, Celtic and Aberdeen, only
enter in the second round. So that means, statistically, Maltese club
results were better than that of Scotland: 50% for Malta, 0% for
Scotland. Here's hoping Malta can keep up that difference in this round.
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