Champions League: Sherburn has limited strength, can Calaba seize the opportunity to advance?

Champions League: Sherburn vs. Calaba

Match time: 2025-07-24 02:45 Thursday

Team recent situation analysis:

Sherburn, I believe that fans and friends should be relatively unfamiliar with it. After all, this is just a team from the Irish Premier League. Even if she appeared in the European arena, it was basically difficult for Sherburn to achieve very good results. However, the qualification for the Champions League is actually very attractive to Sherburn. On the one hand, entering the main game can bring a lot of recruitment funds to the team, and the team's popularity can also be improved. More importantly, the players also hope to improve their career height through the Champions League. It is not difficult to judge that Sherburn's attitude towards the Champions League qualifiers must be to do his best. What's more, Sherburn has no concerns about the league in a short period of time, and there will be no problems with the players' physical fitness.

It is worth mentioning that Sherburn defeated Linfell in the last round of the Champions League qualifiers with a score of 2-1 in two rounds. Judging from the confrontation process of the two games, Sherburn's data are obviously better than his opponents. Although the 532 formation looks a bit conservative, its defensive strength and hardness are extremely guaranteed. Moreover, although Sherburn's preferred formation is 532 formation, the two full-backs on the left and right have a huge assist. Basically, every game can provide stable firepower support to the front-line teammates. In addition, the players' competitive state has been relatively stable in recent times, and the teams in this round of Champions League qualifying match have an advantage in home court. So I believe Sherburn should never be satisfied with only scoring one point from his opponent.

Of course, a large part of the reason why Sherburn was able to enter the second round of the Champions League qualifier is that his opponents in the first round were relatively weak. Compared with Linfell, his opponent in the second round of the qualifiers was more than one level stronger than Sherburn. If Sherburn players could not show a stronger competitive level than before, the team would probably find it difficult to take advantage of the midfield ball rights. For a team that took the initiative, once the team was in a passive attack situation for a long time, Sherburn could withstand the pressure and snatch the first move forward, which she would definitely need to make a question mark.

Kalaba is a strong team from the Azerbaijan Super League. Although the overall level of the Azerbaijan Super League is not too outstanding, as a more competitive force in the local league, Calaba has often shown its due competitiveness in the past seasons, whether in the league or in the European arena. Moreover, in the 2024 season, Calaba successfully entered the knockout stage in the UEFA Cup. Even in the two-round knockout stage with Bundesliga powerhouse Leverkusen, the team also created huge pressure on their opponents to advance. If Hick had not turned the tide in the injury stoppage time in the second round, once the game was dragged into overtime, Alaba might have hope of eliminating Leverkusen out.

Personally, Calaba's team has a richer European experience than Hilborn. Since the team has a considerable advantage in both paper strength and game experience, the players of Alaba's second round qualifying round must have a confident attitude. Moreover, when Calaba appeared in the Champions League qualifiers in the past season, the players' enthusiasm for the game was quite high. In addition, Calaba currently has no concerns about the league, these favorable factors will provide Calaba with certain help.

Event analysis:

Sherburn and Calaba have never had any intersection before. Although the quota of the Champions League main team is very important for both teams, Sherburn's overall strength is far inferior to Calaba. However, the Azerbaijan Super League where Calaba is located ended its season journey as early as June. For more than a month ago, Calaba could only maintain the players' competitive state through warm-up matches. On the other hand, Sherburn's side not only played two UEFA Champions League qualifiers, but had just won a big victory in the FA Cup in Ireland. There is no problem with the players' competitive state and morale confidence. In addition, Calaba is another away game in the first leg. Whether the players can find the feeling of the game in time will definitely affect the final result of the first leg. I believe that even if Calaba can finally take the lead in this game, the players will definitely need to spend a lot of time and energy to grab three-pointers from Sherburn.