“City? Their players have two legs, like ours”

The coach of Copenhagen, Jacob NeestrupThis Monday recognized the difficulty that means dealing with City of Manchester in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, although he proved his team’s chances.

“It will be a great test for us. We have faced great teams before, we believe a lot in ourselves,” he declared in a press conference. Neestrupwho described his rival as the “best” in the world.

Neestrup recalled how well his team competed in the group stage, where they finished second behind the Bavaria and precedes the Galatasaray and Manchester United and how they knew how to overcome a 0-2 defeat against the latter, then draw in Munich and beat the Turkish champion in their field to qualify.

“All teams have strengths and weaknesses, there is always a possibility. Our best option is to be ourselves and have the same mentality as in the group matches. We know they are a very good team, but like United, Galatasaray and Bayern, their players have two legs, like ours,” he said Neestrup.

The Danish coach assumes that the city He will have more of the ball and his team will have to defend longer than normal, which is why he emphasized the importance of closing spaces for his most dangerous men but not forgetting to go on the counterattack.

The winter break

Tomorrow’s meeting will be the first in two months for Copenhagen due to the usual winter break in northern Europe, that’s one factor Neestrup He assumes that this will harm them, although he maintains that they will come in good time.

“I feel like we are doing well. We are looking to do a good performance tomorrow and achieve a good result. The perfect thing would be a victory, but a draw would be a good result,” he said. Neestrupis also convinced that the atmosphere at the Parken Stadion will help his team.

Unlike his coach, the Swede Victor Claessonwho had experienced similar situations during his time at Krasnodar Russian, believes that the lack of competition can work in his favor.

“For me, it can be an advantage, because you can prepare for the game for a long time. We are fresh and we can give one hundred percent,” he said. Claesson.