Athletic met their rivals in the League Phase of the Europa League on Friday. The red and whites will face AZ Almaar, Slavia Prague, Elfsborg and Viktoria Plzen in San Mamés and travel to the fields of Roma, Ludogorest, Fenerbahçe and Besiktas. yesterday, Mikel Gonzalez He offered his opinion on the draw. “You have to give importance to all the rivals, maybe some don’t have the names of other teams that are in other pots, but I think it will be really difficult,” he said.
The director of football first checked the four exits. “Roma is one of the biggest favorites in the competition. He started the League on a high level, he had a squad. Regarding the two trips to Turkey, Besiktas won the Super Cup, beat Galatasaray 5-0, won all three League games and crashed out of the Champions League qualifying round. Fernabahçe has a great team, they sign from everywhere and they have a great coach that we all know (Mourinho). Traveling to Bulgaria to play against Ludogorest is probably not very attractive in terms of the name, but this is a team that has won I don’t know how many Leagues in a row in Bulgaria. “It is a club with a lot of economic capacity that brings players from all countries,” he said.
Next, he focused on four rivals who will pass through Bilbao. “Maybe they don’t have an attractive side in terms of name and history, but Slavia Prague is a team that has been playing in the Champions League and Europa League for many years, also at a high level, and that fell into Lille in an unworthy way in the Champions League preview. AZ Almaar has been a regular in Holland for many seasons, it has a great team of youth and very fast players, Elfsborg is may not be well known but it will be complicated.
The coach made a general assessment: “There are eight very difficult games, right now in Europe football is very physical. We will face teams that are also good at what we are good at. We will have to sweat every drop of blood and will need we want San Mamés to be full and for people to join us outside because it will be very difficult.”
Source: La Verdad
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