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Coach ““Ruslan Kostyshin shared his expectations ahead of the Europa League 3rd qualifying round match against Croatian“ Rijeka ”.
– Our expectations are that it will be a very difficult match. Rijeka is a very strong team, they finished third last season and won their country’s Cup. Compare “Aris” and “Rijeka”? They are completely different championships, but I think the Greek championship is stronger than the Croatian one. However, I emphasize once again that Rijeka are bronze medalists, Cup champions. Therefore, I think Rijeka’s team play is definitely better than Aris’s. The Greek team has strong individual footballers and Rijeka is strong as a team.
– We do not feel any pressure, I do not think we will be very worried tomorrow. The game will show what we are worth. We must be calm.
– I have a good selection of players, so when changing the squad for the match in Lviv, I didn’t fear for the result, because if you look, many played in the first squad last season. I think we are in very good physical condition. But the game will show everything, and then we will understand what our physical condition is now.
– We didn’t have much work after the Ukraine championship match against Rukh, we had recovery training. I think three days are enough for the players to recover from the national championship game. If it were two days, it would be difficult, so three days is enough to get in order and look good in the next match.
