Viktoria Plzen’s home match this weekend has been postponed to permit the Czech facet to “totally focus” on the primary leg of their Champions League qualifier towards Rangers at Ibrox on Tuesday.
Miroslav Koubek’s workforce have been on account of go to Mlada Boleslav on Saturday within the third match of the league season, however have succeeded of their request to the Czech FA for a call-off.
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Plzen overturned a 1-0 first-leg deficit with a 3-1 away win at Servette on Wednesday night time to advance to the third-round qualifier towards Russell Martin’s facet.
“Resulting from Tuesday’s match in Glasgow and the related journey, we requested the LFA and Mlada Boleslav to postpone Saturday’s match,” mentioned membership spokesman Vaclav Hanzlik.
“We vastly admire that either side have agreed to this and we are able to now totally consider the crucial third qualifying spherical match of the Champions League, which is vital by way of the coefficient for Czech soccer as an entire.”
Ought to Rangers make it previous Plzen, a means they’ll be capable to postpone their Scottish Premiership go to to St Mirren on August 23 earlier than the second leg of their Champions League play-off.