Coach Villarreal spoke at a press conference ahead of the game against the Israeli champion (Thursday, 19:55): "They found their team and gained confidence" • Brakeman Juan Poit: "Maccabi will come to avenge us on the 0: 4"
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"Maccabi has gained confidence"
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Villarreal coach
Onai Emery
held a press conference today (Wednesday) ahead of the meeting at Bloomfield Stadium with Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Europa League (Thursday, 19:55). It's going to be easy in Israel.
"With all due respect to the opponent we want to win tomorrow, this is our first goal," Emery opened the press conference, "The second goal is to continue to be competitive in this enterprise, which will help us grow, allocate minutes to players and discover for ourselves how we can be better."
The coach continued: "This game will be completely different. In the previous meeting Maccabi came with a lot of doubts. Now they have found their squad, they come with confidence after winning several games in the Israeli league. I expect to meet a different opponent, and that will require a lot of us. All three points, and I believe they will show their best ability in front of us. "
Argentine
stopper Juan Poit
added: "We have prepared well for the game, it is very important to us. We want to give one hundred percent and take the three points to qualify for the next stage. Maccabi is a team that has good players and comes with high morale, after achieving good results. "They will seek revenge on us. We need to be focused and play our game to win such a difficult game."