It was a less festive evening than what had been hoped for beforehand. FC Utrecht had a hard time with Zrinjski and also saw the man in form Victor Jensen fall away with a serious injury.
Ron Jans has a fiery wish towards the adventure of FC Utrecht in Europa League
The football life just laughed at the friendly Dane, because Jensen had started the season with eight goals in eight official duels and was also invited for the first time for the Danish national team.
Drama for Victor Jensen
But in the first half, Jensen injured himself with an attempt to recapture the ball. The Dane immediately realized that it was wrong, joined the face and rammed a little later out of frustration and disappointment several times with his hand on the grass, after which he had to leave the field by stretcher. Ron Jans indicates that Jensen has a hamstring injury. “There is about six weeks for that, as Dr. Jans estimates.”
Personal tragedy: FC Utrecht-Uitblinker Victor Jensen by Brancard off the field at Return against Zrinjski Mostar
Jensen’s serious injury is once again a line through the bill of Jans, who already saw two important forces fall away with Yoann Cathline and Dani de Wit due to injuries. And then a departure of Souffian El Karouani hangs above the market.
Spartak Moscow has made an ultimate bid of 6 million plus a bonus of half a million euros on the left back with the great kick and an agreement on a transfer seems to be upcoming. El Karouani was still present against Zrinjski, but this might have been his last game for FC Utrecht.
Spartak Moscow does the ultimate demonstrence on Souffian El Karouani (24) from FC Utrecht
Jans had opted for his strongest attitude of recent weeks, but nevertheless FC Utrecht did not reach the same level as in the earlier European competitions. Zrinjski showed himself a tough opponent and also had the first big chance via Slobodan Jakovljevoc.
Victor Jensen decides in pain. © ANP/HH
FC Utrecht did not put the fresh attack football on the mat of the earlier European duels, but had two good chances via Adrian Blake and David Min. They didn’t go in. The most important thing was to keep the margin of two goals intact and thanks to a good organization, FC Utrecht gave virtually nothing away.
The 0-0 draw was enough to move on for the first time since the 2010/2011 season to the group stage of the Europa League. And so there are at least four beautiful European nights in the Galgenwaard with perhaps a number of prominent opponents, but that will tell the draw on Friday (starting at 1 p.m.).