Osasuna’s coach, Jagoba Arrasate, emphasized this Thursday the first leg of the Conference League playoff against Bruges that the Belgians “have experience in the Champions League, but” their team has “the illusion of living in a historic night”.
Arrasate faced the media to analyze what will be the return of the rojillo club to Europe after 16 years this Thursday at 8:30 pm, in a match that will turn red in El Sadar to try to achieve a good result for against. in Belgium, where they have great motivation: “For us, getting this shield around Europe is very important.”
Jagoba Arrasate explained that he is a “young, dynamic and very smart” rival and that Osasuna will try to “stop them and hurt them”. Despite the opponent’s experience in Europe, the rojillo coach considers Osasuna to have been seventh last season in the league and they have “arguments”.
“We want to bring the game to our field. We want a more controlled pace. On Saturday we were not good in places and today efficiency is very important”, he highlighted about the game plan.
Arrasate pointed out that, since there is a return match, it will be necessary to “put the head together with the heart”. “We want to have that maturity that the team has shown in the playoffs last season,” he added.
“We have to play two good games to get to know more places in Europe and play more nights at El Sadar. We haven’t had any luck in the draw but surely they haven’t either”, he opined.
“They attack a lot of people and with the ball they are comfortable. In quotes, they don’t care about conceding a goal because then they win the exchange of blows, but we have to minimize them. The beginning the other day was good and I don’t think we did us damage for going for it. Then it’s true that if you are behind them they will hurt you”, he said.
Throughout the day Pamplona is expected to reach 41 degrees Celsius, although during the game the temperature may drop with the change of wind: “I don’t know if it influences or not, when preparing I focus on other thing, the heat is for both teams.”
After a summer in which the rojillo club had to fight in the offices for what was won on the pitch last season to play in Europe, Arrasate hopes that all this will serve as motivation: “Everything is true of it being in the game, we hope it will be more of a motivation than a slab”.
Arrasate has Barja, who has not played a single minute of the competition due to injury, and Chimy Ávila, who was sent off in the last game for an action that sparked talk in Pamplona: “He feels that he was chosen, hurt and regrets. . He has We have to pass it so he can learn. He is ready for tomorrow. We’ve spoken with him and with the group and we need Chimy as well as the rest to go through the round”.
El Sadar of the big events is expected despite it being August and with high temperatures: “I love that they come in red, it’s a plus. I know the fans are really looking forward to it, they have never experienced anything like this. in 16 that year, they don’t know him.”
Source: La Verdad
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