Coach B'Shlosha on the Portuguese ahead of Nice: "His importance is great for us" • Rival: "Their attacking trio is excellent" • Marwan Kabha: "Obviously Nice is a favorite, we will arrive modest and hope to do good things"
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Hapoel B'Shlosha will host tomorrow (Thursday, 22:00) French side Nice for the second round match in the Europa League, Nice who were defeated in the previous round by Leverkusen will meet the home surprise that defeated Slavia Prague.
"We respect every team in Europe especially a team like Nice which is a strong and trained team," coach Yossi Aboksis said at a press conference ahead of the game.
"We studied the team and its strengths as well as its weaknesses. We will sit down with the players and prepare accordingly, and analyze it in depth."
The coach added: "Patrick Vieira was a huge player and today a great coach who does a great job as a coach as well. Nice's attacking trio are great - Lopez, Diori, and Dolberg are dangerous players one by one, and the midfielders, and defensive players who attack a lot, "Wasawa managed to pass the second test and get to the game. It is clear that his importance is great in a game like this."
Team player Marwan Kabha also spoke ahead of the game: "The atmosphere is very good in the team. Playing against a big team like Nice and hoping to make a good result. Obviously Nice is a favorite, we will make all the preparations accordingly and we will be ready as for any game. "A healthy and good locker room, we are cohesive and connected, and it all starts with a healthy locker room like ours. It is a bit disappointing that there is no crowd but maybe it will be to our advantage. A good game between the teams is expected, the crowd at home will enjoy the game."