After winning 3-0 in Bialystok nad Cercle Brugge, Jagiellonia Białystok is one leg in the quarter -finals of the conference league. On Wednesday, the team of Adrian Siemieniec went to Brugia to put “dot above and”. Around 13 o'clock Jagiellonian Czarter landed at Brugia-Osena airport. It did not lack those who had health problems recently – a cold Ebosse enzo and injured Norbert Wojtusz. Therefore, the only ones absent in the “Yellow-Red” team are struggling with injuries by Adrian Dieguez and Michal Sacek.
“We're ready.” Jagiellonia before the rematch for the quarter -finals of the conference league
– Michał Sacka is not with us, Adrian Dieguez is not in training with the team, but he is already sprinting. The rest of the competitors and Norbert Wojtuszek came here and are at our disposal. As for their disposal, tomorrow after the morning start, we will finally decide who we can use – confirmed at the evening press conference coach Jagiellonia Adrian Siemieniec.
Interestingly, Edi Semedo also flew to Belgium, who came to the Polish champion too late to be registered in the conference league. All because Jaga started her journey on Tuesday, and Friday before returning to Poland, she will have training. On Sunday, on Sunday, the Białystok team will play the Ekstraklasa hit with Lech Poznań leading in the table.
– Edi Semedo came because we want to build the group's coherence. This is not an easy situation, it's almost a whole week. We are preparing not only for tomorrow, but also on Sunday. I want him to be with a group and that you can work with him to prepare him for a Sunday match – noted Siemieniec.
– We had diseases, colds, but we're all ready. We want to go to the quarter -finals and we know what match we are ahead of us. I am convinced that no one will think about fatigue or colds – Jesus Imaz, who was present at the conference, also announced.
Siemieniec warns. “The first match for the red card was even”
One of the main topics of the conference was how to approach the rematch after a high 3-0 win in the first meeting. – We want to win tomorrow. What was every week ago does not matter. We cannot speculate if the draw is good for us, just go to the field for victory – said Imaz.
– This is a mentally quite complicated process. One of my captains, Jesus, said exactly what I would expect when it comes to approaching this match. We haven't talked about it yet, so I'm glad that we are consistent in thinking. We must be balanced in terms of emotional and focus on our task. Do not think about what was in Bialystok to be too confident. There is also no need to fall into the fear, but you need to focus on how we are to be, play a good match and win it without calculation, what happened in the first match. Only what will happen tomorrow – admitted Adrian Siemieniec, who reminded that the match in Bialystok until the red card did not go on such a certain win of his team.
– The previous match was even to the red card. Both teams had their situations, but after a red card we played faster, created more opportunities and used our moments. It made a difference. This is a good result, but it doesn't matter. This doubles lasts 180 minutes, for now we have only played 90. We must deserve this promotion, and it certainly will not be easy – added the coach of the Polish champion. – At the line as a coach of Jagiellonia, I felt that CERCLE is really a team with great potential. Players have a lot of predispositions in the game with the ball, motorbike and you felt that they were dangerous. One action can do a lot, so we must be focused, because it is a matter of time for me when the potential of this team is released. We will do everything so that it is not tomorrow.
Club and Cercle connects only the stadium. IMAZ: We want to win the conference league
A moment after the press conference, in Thursday's meeting, Jagiellonia's players completed a pre -match training at Jan Breydelstadion. This is exactly the same object on which the Belgian champion Club Brugge plays. Both clubs are the last representatives of the Belgian league this season of European cups.
However, the differences can be seen at first glance. The stadium in Brugia looks like a room of an older brother (Club), who sets everything in its own way, and at the same time allows the younger (CERCLE). What's more, Club Brugge also has a huge advantage in terms of football, the size of the club Fanshop (Club has a real event store, and CERCLE only a booth with gadgets), as well as attendance, because while 35,000 fans come to his champions league matches, so at CERCLE meetings in the conference league after only 5,000.
It will be similar on Thursday, despite the fact that 1500 supporters of the Polish champion will come to Brugia. The demand for tickets was even greater, but the hosts, despite the expected voids at the stadium, did not decide to donate additional tickets, and also announced that it would not be possible to buy them for the sectors of the hosts.
Support for Jagiellonia will certainly be useful. The Polish champion plans to seal the promotion to the quarter -finals, in which he will face either with the Spanish Real Betis Sevilla, or with Portuguese Vitoria Guimaraes. But the goals of “yellow-red” are even more ambitious.
– We want to win the conference league, but you have to do it in small steps. The first of them tomorrow – summed up Jesus Imaz.
Rematch match 1/8 of the final of the CERCLE BRUGGE – Jagiellonia Białystok conference league will take place on Thursday, March 13 at 18:45. Live report on Sport.pl.