OR AEK She has the first game in front of her Under In the Europa League playoffs and Marco Nikolic spoke at the press conference of the match, about the course of the Union so far.
Marco Nikolic stressed that AEK has improved through the difficult qualifiers of the Conference League and claimed that it would be more ready for the double “duel” with the Undermark in the playoffs.
Nikolic’s statements
“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.
For the racing differences that Anderlecht has in relation to other teams: “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 that begins and the fact that AEK is struggling 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. “