DundeeDundee |
1 - 21 - 2 |
PerugiaPerugia |
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UEFA Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) |
Goalscorers | |
Lee Wilkie (63) |
Marco Di Loreto (50) Massimiliano Fusani (84) |
Team Managers | |
Jim Duffy |
Serse Cosmi |
Starting Eleven | |
1. Julian Speroni 19. Lee Mair 6. Lee Wilkie 2. Barry Smith 3. David Mackay 16. Jonay Hernández 8. Gavin Rae 10. Georgi Nemsadze 17. Nacho Novo 25. Steve Lovell 9. Juan Sara |
Zeljko Kalac Jamal Alioui Marco Di Loreto Souleymane Diamoutene José Marcelo Ferreira Ze Maria Fabio Grosso Massimiliano Fusani Fabio Gatti Giovanni Tedesco Massimo Margiotta Zisis Vryzas |
Bench | |
12. Jamie Langfield 27. Callum MacDonald 4. Tom Hutchinson 23. Tom Cowan 18. Brent Sancho 30. Mark Fotheringham 26. Garry Brady |
Konstantinos Loumpoutis Emanuele Berrettoni Guly Do Prado Michele Tardioli Giovanni Ignoffo Juan Turchi Christian Obodo |
Substitutions | |
Garry Brady for Steve Lovell (59) Mark Fotheringham for Nacho Novo (86) Tom Cowan for Jonay Hernández (86) |
Konstantinos Loumpoutis for Fabio Grosso (69) Guly Do Prado for Zisis Vryzas (86) Emanuele Berrettoni for Massimo Margiotta (90) |
Cautions | |
None. | Marco Di Loreto (69) |
Red Cards | |
None. | None. |
Match Officials | |
Zeljko Siric (Croatia) (Referee) |
2003-04 | All Time | |||||
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Age | Nat | ![]() |
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Julian Speroni (GK) | 24 |
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9 | - | 76 | - |
David Mackay | 22 |
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7 | - | 68 | 2 |
Barry Smith | 29 |
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9 | 1 | 319 | 3 |
Lee Wilkie | 23 |
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9 | 2 | 99 | 5 |
Lee Mair | 22 |
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9 | - | 43 | 1 |
Jonay Hernández | - |
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7 | - | 44 | 1 |
Georgi Nemsadze | 31 |
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9 | - | 92 | 5 |
Gavin Rae | 25 |
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9 | 2 | 236 | 25 |
Steve Lovell | - |
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9 | 1 | 44 | 16 |
Nacho Novo | - |
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9 | 7 | 52 | 16 |
Juan Sara | 26 |
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7 | 1 | 98 | 35 |
Tom Cowan (sub) | - |
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3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Garry Brady (sub) | - |
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8 | - | 41 | 1 |
Mark Fotheringham (sub) | - |
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2 | - | 2 | - |
No league table has been added for this season.
After our first European joust against Vllaznia, this evening's tie against AC Perugia promises to be a fantastic occasion.
No matter that they may be one of the less well known sides in Italy, any side that plays in one of the top four leagues in Europe has got to be given the highest regard.
Perugia certainly present us with a massive challenge, but it is one that we are ready to respond to.
Many people undervalue our own league and this game affords us the opportunity to put Dundee FC on the map.
However, if we are going to enhance the reputation of the club and Scottish football, it will require a highly positive performance by us.
However, we readily accept that responsibility, although it would be nice to think that we can do it more often than once in 29 years!
Whilst it does put pressure on us, it is of a very welcome variety and I think that it gives us the chance to prove that we are a decent side. We may not play at the same level of European football as our opponents, but hopefully, we'll thrive on the occasion and get a good result to give everyone at the club a boost.
As you probably know I watched Perugia last week and they play three at the back with two very quick defenders on either side but perhaps untypical of what you might normally expect in Jay Bothroyd, they have a big target man which gives them a different aerial option.
They are also very dangerous from set pieces.
Although they didn't finish high enough the league to quality directly for the UEFA Cup, they fact that they came through three testing Intertoto ties and without losing a goal shows that have the typical Italian defensive mentality
And when you look at the ease with which Inter Milan accounted for Arsenal recently, think it says it all about the demands of playing in Serie A
Given that Perugia play in that kind of exalted company week in and week out, it immediately indicates the difficult task that lies ahead of us this evening.