Emery: “The Premier League is more important, but the big teams want it all – I respect Madrid”

THE Unai Emery spoke at the press conference ahead of the match with Olympic for the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League, but in fact he was hardly mentioned at all!

The Spanish coach simply focused on the absences of his team, saying that only Janiolo maybe he’ll come back. Otherwise, he emphasized that the Premier League is more important, but since the Aston Villa reached this point he must also chase the European distinction.

In the finale, he mentioned the respect he has for the person of Mendilimoar…

On the absence of Martines and the participation of Olsen under the posts: “Martinez is very competitive and very important and he helped us a lot. But when there is such an issue, i.e. punishment and a small injury, we have to protect him, help him, but also support-press another team player. Olsen was very competitive every day in practice. When he played he helped the team and the team believes in him and trusts him. On Saturday he played 45 minutes against Chelsea and saved us. He is a humble man and we hope he can help us and feel comfortable when he plays.”

On whether the Premier League is a priority and not Europe: “In no case. The most successful teams in the world and my reference as a coach are the winning teams, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Liverpool, Manchester City, it is a guide for myself, because they are trying to star in many competitions. Now we are very excited about the Conference League and very motivated about the Premier League. It doesn’t change my first message when we started the season. The most important thing is the Premier League, then the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup and the Conference League and in case we get to the end of the season and keep playing in that, then of course the importance changes a bit. The priority is still the Premier League, but we will try to do our best in both competitions.”

For the injured: “This morning (Wednesday) Zaniolo felt better after yesterday when he was not feeling very well, we are thinking of including him in the squad for tomorrow. Tielemans, Martines and Alex Moreno are not available tomorrow. Sunday, I don’t know. They’re going well, but it’s been three days. I don’t know yet.”

For Mediliber: “I always have a lot of respect for him because he’s very competitive, he’s a very passionate coach like me and he’s successful. He deserves to have this chance in Europe like he had last year in Sevilla when they won the Europa League. I will respect him a lot because I know the competitive way he usually builds with his teams.”

For his part, the Polish right back, Matty Kas, emphasized: “Olsen has played so many games for his country, he is a really experienced player. Emi is probably the number one in the world, but Robin is also a fantastic goalkeeper. He has more than enough experience to come in and play. I’m not the one to tell him he’s ready to go in, he knows that.”