Ex-FCK Midfielder Lerager Blames Squad Balance for Relegation Fight

Lukas Lerager says narrow FC Copenhagen paying price in Superliga

Former FC Copenhagen midfielder Lukas Lerager says the Danish champions are battling relegation because the squad lacks width and balance. The 32-year-old, now at Poland’s Widzew Lodz after 219 FCK games, says the team wasn’t put together the right way.

 

Lukas Lerager says FC Copenhagen are paying the price for a lack of width...

  

Former FC Copenhagen midfielder Lukas Lerager says the current team is short of width after a dreadful season that has them battling relegation from the Danish Superliga.

 

The midfielder now plays for Widzew Lodz in the Polish Ekstraklasa after failing to agree a contract extension with the reigning Danish champions.

 

Lerager made 219 appearances for FC Copenhagen before departing the Lions for Widzew Lodz this winter.

The 32-year-old has kept tabs on his former club, who are in the Danish Superliga relegation playoffs for the first time.

Lerager puts that down largely to a poorly constructed squad.

“FC Copenhagen's problems are due to the squad without the necessary width. Playing in three tournaments has taken its toll on them, and now we are seeing the consequences of that,” says Lerager to Polish media Pilka Nozna.

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“I myself have tried to play matches every three days, and the biggest challenge then was the mental recovery. The body may manage to recover in such a short time, but the head may still be tired.“

“Some players may find it difficult to maintain full concentration and go into the next league game when they have just played in the European tournaments. FC Copenhagen's squad has not been put together in the best way, and that affects the results,“ says Lerager