Approaching a game with nothing riding on it “We have a responsibility to finish off the group in the best way possible. It’s always important to win to keep positive momentum going, both in terms of individual and team performance. It’s true that this could have been a game which decided who qualified from the …
Jorge Vilda and Irene Paredes on Scotland’s Spanish influence Vilda: “This is the first time we’re going to face Scotland in qualifying. Even though we haven’t played against them yet, we know them well, we’ve done lots of analysis on them. We also know their head coach well, Pedro Martínez Losa. He’s put his stamp …
Ben Yedder’s decisive introduction “It’s what any manager likes to see whenever he sends a player on during a game. Myron (Boadu) worked really hard here for 10 days during the international break so he deserved to start today. He played well, fought hard and created some chances for himself. His pace caused problems for …
Reinvigorating the Monaco attack “I know that we’ve been lacking in efficiency recently in the league and the Europa League. We’re obviously not happy with the statistics but we need to stay positive despite everything. During the international break, Wissam (Ben Yedder) and Kevin (Volland) weren’t with us but the rest of the group worked …
Luis Enrique The challenge posed by Greece “Greece have changed system. They played 4-5-1 against us and were very defensive. We saw that they changed system, played some really good games and had some really good results, especially in the two matches against Sweden. I expect them to be fired up in their own stadium …
Satisfied with a draw? “It wasn’t the best match that either team has played, it was very tactical. In the first half, we played too deep and gave the ball away too much. If you’re not able to win, you at least have to know how to avoid defeat. I’m satisfied with a draw, we …
Missed chances Alguacil: “That’s football. You can create so many chances in so many different ways – through the middle, out wide, getting to the byline, cutbacks, crosses, shots saved or blocked in front of goal – but when it doesn’t want to go in, it doesn’t want to go in. But I’m encouraged by …
“I think we deserved to win. We played well. In the first half we had some chances but unfortunately we didn’t score. In the second half, after we made the changes, which were also important, we finally managed to score.” “You need to be patient because tonight Monaco waited for us to lose the ball …
Extracts from this press conference with Lyon manager Peter Bosz were originally posted in French on Lyon’s official Twitter accounts. OL down in 10th place in Ligue 1 “At the moment, that’s where we deserve to be. At the start of the season, we played badly and didn’t pick up many points. We performed a …
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Reaction to the win “It’s a great victory, mainly because we’ve made it through to a final and it means we’re one of the best two teams in the competition. Italy’s unbeaten run obviously had to come to an end some time soon because all of them do eventually. Italy have broken a world record …