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Swiss media: FC Basel have big defensive problems before clash against FC Copenhagen

Swiss media "Basler Zeitung" says that FC Basel have big defensive challenges ahead of them before the clash against FC Copenhagen in the Champions League playoff round.

FC Basel, who won last year's Swiss Super League championship ahead of favorites Young Boys, have looked defensively very disorganized at the beginning of the season and have conceded 1,75 goals on average pr.

game in the league, which is significantly more than last season, where the average was 1,13.

At the same time, FC Basel head into the encounters against FC Copenhagen with six potential defenders who have surfaced in only 12 matches in the European club competitions in total.

If you assume that coach Ludovic Magnin will apply the 4-2-3-1 system used so far, then FC Basel will play with two central defenders and two defensive midfielders against the Danes.

Magnin will choose two players from each of these trios: Jonas Adjetey, Nicolas Vouilloz, and Adrian Barisic are candidates for central defense, while Metinho, Léo Leroy, and Koba Koindredi are candidates for the two positions between the defensive back four and Xherdan Shaqiri up front.

The cumulative European Cup experience of these six candidates is just 12 games, which corresponds to an average of just two matches.

It's a certainty that the Swiss defensive rearguard will feature players who will make their debut in the European club competitions as FC Basel according to the media are unlikely to use Nicolas Vouilloz (seven European matches with Servette) and Koba Koindredi (three European matches with Sporting CP), the two players with most experience from matches in Europe.

 FC Basel are still to keep a clean sheet in the league, where they have already conceded seven goals, and revealed themselves to be particularly vulnerable at set pieces (four goals conceded).

The average goals conceded so far (1,75 per game) is a long way from last season's 1,13 average, where FC Basel had not only the best attack but also the best defense in the Super League.

The first leg between the two sides will be played at St.

Jakob-Park in Basel on Wednesday evening at 21.

00.

CET