Slovan met the goal and kept the chance to advance: Three points are good, but we can play better – Športky.sk

BRATISLAVA – Slovana Bratislava footballers met the goal and kept the chance to advance from the group of the European Conference League 2021/2022. Although they did not dazzle with the game on the Tehelna field against the Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps, they celebrated their first win after a 2-0 victory in the F-group. Only she kept them in the promotion game, in the second half she was arranged by the goals of Andre Green and Ezekiel Henty.

White “coach” Vladimír Weiss st. in the post-match evaluation, he stated that although the team’s performance was not according to his ideas, three points count. “The victory is good, the performance is not as we imagined. But today there are no more rivals in the groups of European leagues that you would roll over. We started well, we had two opportunities, but we did not realize them. Nervousness came, they also had two chances and it could have looked different for us Three points are good, but we can play better I believed we would win, I didn’t raise my voice at half time The team wanted, but it was nervous, I tried to calm it down I told the players that I’ll leave the same line-up, and they have to get out of it and score a goal quickly, which we did, we changed the wings, Green scored a goal from the right wing, and Čavrič also had good moments on his left leg. Henty scored with a second goal, “ Weiss said at a post-match press conference.

The Slovak champion is still in the game of advancing to the spring elimination phase. In it, eight group winners will play directly in the round of 16, eight teams from second places will fight for the round of 16 in the playoffs with eight thirds from the groups of the European League. On Thursday, PAOK Thessaloniki won at FC Copenhagen and is the leader of the table with 7 points. He has a one-point lead over Copenhagen and a three-point lead over Slovan. The Slavs will perform in Gibraltar on November 4 and Copenhagen in Greece.

“We have to win next, it won’t be easy. Only three points gave us hope in a difficult group, when PAOK won outside, which made it more or less complicated, it has more points than I might have expected. We have to win outside, which won’t be easy, in Lincoln it will be a completely different match We know what awaits us in terms of environment or artificial grass We have to win in Lincoln and then beat PAOK to have a chance in the last round We know to play better and I believe we will play better “But today the points count, they are very important,” Weiss said.

Lincoln gave a nice performance in Bratislava and really made it difficult for the opponent to gain three points. In the first act, he had two good chances, which called for goals. Home goalkeeper Adrián Chovan had to be in permanence: “It was a difficult match. We entered it well, we created chances, but we didn’t score goals. Then the opponent also had some chances. They played well in the block and the end of the first half was weaker on our side. In the second we had a good start again. “We scored a goal and then we got to the opportunities. The preparation for Lincoln was great, it was a little more nervous on our part. But we’re just people too. It got better over time.”

Defender Yuri Medvedev had his fingers in both home goals. “We clearly went for three points in this match. We didn’t think of anything else. The game was not perfect and not according to our ideas, we are well aware of that. However, we won, we still live in the group, and that is the most important thing.” quoted the club’s website as the player who, in the first goal from the right, ideally timed the center in front of the goal. With 84 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 – 0 lead as Captain Vasil Božikov flipped the ball in after a cross from the right.

“The ball fell on the back post, I ran it and waited for Andre to move. I pushed the ball for him, and it was a nice goal. Secondly, Andre was no longer on the field, so I took on the standard situation. I like to play standards and I’m looking forward to our second accurate hit right after this center, ” described the Czech quarterback goal moments.

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