The coach of Slovenian Celje, Manacori Albert Rierarevealed Wednesday that he doesn’t think about “how he considers the Real Betis“, his rival on Thursday in Benito Villamarin in Conference Leagueto his team, but pointed out that he knows the “entity of his coach”, the Chilean Manuel Pellegrini.
“I know they want to win the competition and I have a lot of respect for thembut I think they will respect us too. “Professionals are obliged to show who is the best on the field of the game and we don’t care who the opponent is,” said Riera in his press appearance before the training session he led in the match scene.
The Balearic coach explained to the displaced Balkan press that Betis “they have a great fan base, one of the hottest in Spain”, so “in addition to the quality of the rival”, he also expects “a very special atmosphere in Benito Villamarín.”
“In every country we say that those in the south are the hottest, for example here. I remember this atmosphere. The derby in Seville is one of the best in Spain, so I can imagine a good atmosphere. “I am preparing my players for this situation and hopefully they will experience it in a very good way,” he added.
Albert Riera, in his time as a footballer, knew a Betis team that was worse than the current one, which he justified by saying that “Teams and generations have ups and downs”, but he pointed out that this version of the green and white club “is very different from what it used to be.”
In terms of football, the Balearic coach knows “how the Seville team plays” this season, which is “in a more direct method than in the past. Before they played more differently”, although he said that his team is “ready with the scheme they are using.”
Riera said his players “will need time to adapt to these games” because it has “a lot of young people who are playing for the first time in Europe and have to overcome the obstacle of inexperience” because this tournament is “like playing a good sport in real life.”
Although the Celje coach admitted the favoritism of Betis, he assured that his team “willing to know what to do with the ball in ninety minutes” and that he has a desire “to compete and for the players to know that they can do it”, where he announced that he will “attack the opponent without waiting for the opponent to come” towards the place the Slovenians will take. defend.
Source: La Verdad
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