Albert Riera: I didn’t expect this score – Sözcü Newspaper

Albert Riera, the coach of the Slovenian team Celje, who beat RAMS Başakşehir 5-1 in the second match of the week of the UEFA Conference League, made a statement at the press conference held after the match that played at Celje Stadium.

Riera said that his team played one of the first halves of his coaching career and said, “I did not expect this score. Our first goal was to score the first goal. It was It was one of my goals not to concede a goal, but unfortunately we couldn’t achieve this.

Expressing that he was very happy, Riera said, “We stayed tight in our defense. We did very well until fatigue set in in the second half. I can say that I am generally happy with the game. We always work hard, we want to control it. the ball, and my players are happy about it.

Talking about his game plans against Başakşehir, the Spanish coach said, “Our plan was to find spaces at the back when they came to us. We knew they were coming from a dominant side , so we made them play to the other side. The goal was to encourage them, to make them come to us and find a place behind the defense. Our plan was successful.” he assessed.