Chadi Riad: “We will go out for victory from the beginning”

Betis center back Chadi Riad sure on the eve of the second leg of the qualifying round before the round of 16 of conference league, at the stadium Dinamo Zagrebwho knows the “quality” of his teammates “and the team” and they will come out “from the start to win” to overcome the 0-1 deficit in the first leg.

“As we all know, Dinamo is a good team, with good players, and (in the first leg) we had a bad thing, losing the first game, but tomorrow we will come out with a big desire to reverse the result. and advance to the next round.” “said the Moroccan defender this Wednesday in the official press conference, before training at the stadium Maksimir from the Croatian capital.

Asked about the fact that he is Betis’ only pure centre-back for this match, as the Argentine is suspended German Pezzella and be low others like Marc Bartra or Greek Sokratis Papastathopoulos Due to injury and not registered for this tournament, Chadi Riad indicated that something similar happened to him last year, when he “had to play with a midfielder”.

In any case, he underestimated this situation and said that “there is no problem”, because he knows “the quality that Marc (Roca) has and that he can play perfectly in the central position”, so he is “very, very calm” , after the Betic coach, the Chilean Manuel Pellegrinihas confirmed that the Moroccan and the Catalan will be the starters in the rear axis.

About losing the first leg against Dinamo Zagreb In Benito Villamarín, Chadi Riad, 20, acknowledged that “all teams always have bad days,” although he believed they were “good in defense, but bad luck in the penalty” he made when the ball touched the his hand. toll to them. “This helps me learn and we will come out with great enthusiasm to reverse the result and advance to the next round,” he stressed.