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Antwerp will play the first leg of the third round of the Conference League qualifiers on Thursday evening. We’re following the match against Norway’s Lillstrom closely here.
Lillstrom is a tough team to play. It’s a different football culture. They use a system we know, but with five in the back.
Antwerp coach Mark van Bommel
Antwerp moves to Lillestrøm without captain Toby Alderweireld and striker Manuel Benson.
Alderweireld has some minor illnesses, but according to coach Mark van Bommel he will be fit for the match against OH Leuven.
Benson wasn’t in the pick because he’s on his way to Vincent Kompany’s team at Burnley. “He wants to leave at all costs, so it doesn’t make sense to stop him,” Van Bommel says.
We always win. But if it turns out that you have to accept a draw, so be it. But we will win.
Antwerp coach Mark van Bommel
Norway’s Lillstrom is Antwerp’s next opponent on its way to the group stage of the Conference League. On this page we closely follow the lead-up to the match and its course.
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