Slask Wroclaw coach Orest Lenczyk admits he wants revenge against Dundee United for the 7-2 hammering his team got the last time they visited Tannadice.
The veteran manager was in charge of the Poles back in 1980/81 when they were dumped out of the UEFA Cup by Jim McLean’s up-and-coming United side, starring the likes of Paul Hegarty, Paul Sturrock and Dave Narey.
Thirty years on Lenczyk is back in charge of Wroclaw, following spells in charge of Wisla Krakow, Katowice and Cracovia, and fate has thrown up another trip to Tayside on European duty.
The 68-year-old boss admits he doesn’t know much about United’s current crop of players but will be doing his homework ahead of the first leg in Poland on July 14.
He said, “It will not be easy to get past Dundee United.
“They play in a good league along with famous names such as Rangers and Celtic.
“Dundee United also have a good history in European competition as we know from playing them in the past.
“I will have time to get to know their current team because there is a few weeks until the match.
“We played them before and have nothing but unpleasant memories from this match.
“We got a good result in Poland but then in the second game we did not perform.
“The game was close at half-time so we tried to attack in the second half but Dundee United kept scoring goals. We were shell-shocked after that match but maybe this year we can get a result in our favour.