Ajax have been paired with Serbian Superliga side FK Borac in the first round of the UEFA Cup. The first leg will take place at the ArenA on September 18th, and the return leg in Cacak on October 2nd. Borac defeated Bulgarian side Lokomotiv Sofia to get to this stage.
What do I know about this team? Well, not much honestly, but my research this morning has come up with the following. Last season Borac finished fourth in the Serbian SuperLiga (formerly known as the MeridianSuperLiga) which is currently ranked 21st in the UEFA national league rankings, behind the Austrian Bundesliga, Norwegian Premier League and Danish Superliga, but ahead of the Swedish Allsvenskan. The one team that you may have heard of from this league is Partizan Belgrade. Borac is already 2 games into their season, drawing both matches. I have no idea what brand of football they play, but I'm going to assume that it will be very similar to what we faced last season in Zagreb and Prague. Marco doesn't have to win the UEFA Cup this year, but he definitely needs to be able to field a team that can roll over a club like this. Ajax needs to regain the swagger they once had, and crushing inferior competition like this is part of that process. Show no mercy!
I need some coffee.
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