After praising PAOK, Niki Hayen addressed the fans of his team…
“I call on our fans to overcome those of PAOK at our home ground”, said the coach of Brugge, who with the above words indirectly but clearly admitted the dynamics of the fans of the Northern League who will be in Belgium. THE Hayen he pointed out that his players have against them a good team, solid, which – as he mentioned – did not beat Eintracht and Dinamo by chance.
The answers given by the Bruges coach in detail:
For PAOK and if it has elements in common with Bruges (new players) and the injured:
“I will not say individually about players, because PAOK is a solid team, they are also very strong in defense. You don’t beat Eintracht and Dynamo twice with 5-1 if you don’t have quality. I don’t want to talk about players individually. We do not underestimate any PAOK player. Olsen didn’t train, Mignolet went out for training.”
On whether he gives any hope for Skov Olsen and whether he considers some PAOK players, such as Tyson, pivotal:
“Skov Olsen will not be ready for this match and we will try to get him ready for the next match. There are players who make the difference, but as a whole they are a very strong team and it would be wrong to talk about individual players.”
On whether a successful run in the Conference will save the season for Bruges:
“It’s very difficult for the body to play six games in a very short space of time, but we have a lot of players. Our goal is each match individually, the games are not too far from each other, we don’t want to be distracted by a single goal. We’re going step by step and we’ll keep looking forward.”
On whether Brugge should attempt to “finish the job” from tomorrow:
“We have to take a good step, we know the atmosphere in Greece and we should take a step. However, we must not forget that Dinamo also won 2-0, but lost 5-1 in Greece. Let’s play well tomorrow to take the first step and then see the next match.”
On whether he is also concerned about the atmosphere in tomorrow’s match and not just that of Toumba:
“I know that PAOK fans are very energetic, very lively, but our fans have also proven that they can have a very hot seat and that happened in the game against Anderlecht. I call on our fans to overcome those of PAOK at home.”
On the fact that as a player he had played at Intertoto, but as a coach he has no European experience:
“It is a great honor to have played, I have no experience in Europe as a coach, but, like in my first game with Anderlecht, I will continue with a lot of work, head down, more intense and both feet on the ground. The game is played on the field and not in the surroundings, the players have proven what they can do.”
On whether the match is historic for Bruges because it can go to the semi-finals of a European competition after 30 years:
“Yes and no. Yes because it’s been a long time, no because every match has to be played and we have to focus on that.”
For the chances of qualifying:
“I don’t deal with predictions because they are often wrong even by experts. One mistake by the referee, one red card can change the situation, we said that PAOK is a very strong team, we have to play the same football as with Anderlecht and we’ll see where it ends up”.
Source: Sport Fm
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