Atkinson: “We expect a different atmosphere in Tuba, probably more hostile”

In everyone’s desire at Hearts to reach their groups European Conference League said Hearts right-back Nathan Atkinson, who then spoke about the atmosphere his friends create PAOK in Tuba.

“This is where the club wants to be, in European football every year, and we still have a good chance of that. It is up to us to get the result on the pitch. It was disappointing not to at least get a draw on Thursday night. We have to win in Greece this time and we hope to turn it around,” the Australian ace of Hearts initially said:

“We will enjoy the atmosphere there. Obviously, Tynecastle is full for most games. It will be a different atmosphere there, probably much more hostile. But every footballer wants to play in the big games and this, for us, is the biggest game, to get to the next round. We know what Ibrox and Celtic Park are like, they’re hostile and I’ve played in a lot of big games and been to the World Cup. This is football”, was his comment about the game in Thessaloniki.

And he concluded, saying: “We have the goal of qualifying for Europe for this season as well. The best way to do that is to get a result against Dundee. The more wins we get the more momentum we build. So hopefully we can get a win against Dundee and then move on to Thursday’s game.”