The Ivorian defender of Villarreal Eric Baillyassured this Wednesday that it will be “difficult” to return this Thursday in the second leg of the round of 16 of the Europa League, the 4-0 first leg against Olympique de Marseille, but he indicated that his team’s goal was to offer a good image of League.
“The first leg was a difficult game, very different, and now we have to do the same thing we do in League “Let’s see what happens next,” commented the player in a press conference, adding that the locker room, despite the massive result of the first leg, knows the importance of this tie.
“We prepared for the game in a week, but before that we had a match Legswhere we show what we know how to do,” he said in reference to success in Seville (23).
Bailly insisted that the most important thing for Villarreal is to “show” against Olympique de Marseille the level that the team shows in the Spanish competition.
“We all know it’s hard to come back and when you score four goals in the first leg, everyone thinks you’re out of the competition, but you never know,” stressed the defender, pointing out that the first thing Villarreal It’s “to show home the football we play in the League, to plan the game well and see what happens next.”
Regarding his personal feelings, the Ivorian assured that the goal is to “show a face and a good image, something we didn’t do in the first leg.”
“If we knew they would score four goals against us in the first leg, I don’t know if we would have made the trip. We know that, but it’s football. Let’s see how we can handle it tomorrow,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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