FC Copenhagen severely handicapped before Svensson's European debut in Conference League

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/svensson-bo/hpYJ6izc/"]Bo Svensson[/a], who replaced Jacob Neestrup shortly before the end of last season, will be without a number of his most prolific players when he takes charge of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fc-copenhagen/hSPZwbEh/"]FC Copenhagen[/a] for his first European match as coach of FC Copenhagen on Thursday.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gabriel-pereira/pYapBOeI/"]Gabriel Pereira[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/delaney-thomas/QL4wO6Wg/"]Thomas Delaney[/a] are serving suspensions, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mattsson-magnus/hQtGgjEa/"]Magnus Mattsson[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/huescas-rodrigo/Wr6A9v2F/"]Rodrigo Huescas[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dadason-viktor/0CbVqp1D/"]Viktor Dadason[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sarapata-dominik/2RTNwLSC/"]Dominik Sarapata[/a], and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nemeth-hunor-vajk/08pL59jA/"]Hunor Németh[/a] are sidelined by injuries for the first leg against the Ukrainian side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/polissya-zhytomyr/f3sGNX3j/"]Polissya[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/achouri-mohamed/8MxHX431/"]Elias Achouri[/a][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/achouri-mohamed/8MxHX431/"]Elias Achouri[/a] is staying behind to explore a potential transfer, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/meling-birger/pUnJhSZe/"]Birger Meling[/a] has remained at home with his pregnant wife.[/p][embed guid="7ceafcf9-f183-4483-890e-415535ea696b" url="https://x.com/FCKobenhavn/status/2080201889975566845" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"It is obvious to everyone that we are missing several players; in addition to the injured ones, Gabriel and Delaney are suspended, and Birger has stayed home because his wife is heavily pregnant," [/b]Bo Svensson said on the club website.[/p][p]"But we are focusing on the players we have available and will field the ones—whether from the start or during the match - who we believe are best suited to the task tomorrow, and then we will see what the situation looks like for the upcoming matches."[/p][p]The match, which will be played in Kosice, Slovakia, due to the war in Ukraine, will start at 20:00 CET.[/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/fc-copenhagen-hSPZwbEh/polissya-zhytomyr-f3sGNX3j/?mid=MJ54sNAb"]Follow the match LIVE via Flashscore[/a][/h2]