Her coach ‘Union»At the press conference ahead of the first match against Under For the playoffs of his qualifiers Conference Leaguehe said:
“Good evening to everyone, not many here today, the first playoffs between two very good teams that are both worthy of being in the League Phase but unfortunately only one will pass. Underlecht is a very historic team, a European football giant, a great team from my childhood with Porto, Benfica and Ajax that I grew up with with these teams, you can see its titles, feel its history, respect it and prepare it.
I have prepared the team, we have faith, we are improving from race to race, we have a lot to correct but now is the time to show what we are, to compete hard and to play 90 minutes with full focus, to respect our racing plan and faith in our potential, and with our own potential, and with self -esteem,.
For them racing differences that Undershore has in relation to other groups: “In each round the level of opponents will rise. Hapoel Ber Seva and Aris Limassol were very good teams for the level of the event when the draw was made, now when we passed these teams we are even more prepared.
So did Anderlecht, played with Hacken and Sheriff Tiraspol, is a team with good coach and good young and experienced players such as Dolberg and Azar, Underlecht is a bigger team and a stronger opponent than the two previous rounds. We have to raise our performance to move on to the next phase. They are very dangerous to good players’ counterattacks, extremely organized when they have the possessions and a lot of quality, I will not say any more publicly. “.
For the championship which begins and the fact that the AEK It is contracted with level opponents: “We didn’t want to postpone the premiere but now I’m going to talk about Anderlecht that deserves our concentration, there we have to focus.
We have encountered two difficult opponents who helped us become even better, if we move on to the next phase it will be multiple. In tomorrow’s match we start at 50-50, this is the right mindset as they are athletes, professionals and you have to show respect for the opponent and faith in the possibilities. “.
For him rhombus: “As you’ve seen in workouts we have tried 2-3 different formations. To play the rhombus we need to have the right players, as you know is the sixth we need and wait for a long time, and of course it is the absence of Roberto Pereira who is an excellent player, perhaps the best in this device, he has great, he has scored a player. However, we also try different shapes that we may need to use during the race.
There are many ideas but the time has come to use our own potential to achieve the best possible outcome and be realistic. This rhombus is a formation that has provided stability to the group, we have more possession so it causes us difficulty in scoring but offers us stability especially in defense. “