Liberec goalkeeper Filip Nguyen considered the match of the 2nd round of the basic group of the European League on the ground of the Red Star of Belgrade to be a football college. After the 1: 5 debacle, however, he did not hang his head and took it as an experience for the future. According to him, the fact that the Czech league is interrupted due to the coronavirus situation in the country was partly reflected in his team.
“Not only for me, but for the boys in general, this was a football college. We came here as students. They were able to punish our every mistake. All luck, we probably chose the last match, because today everything fell for them,” said Nguyen. in a media recording.
His team entered the group a week ago with a home win of 1-0 over Ghent, but in Belgrade it was clearly worse all the time.
“I think it’s an experience that we should use in the next matches. We have to take something from each loss and learn so that it doesn’t happen again next time. We can’t hang our heads, for many of us it was only the second match in the European Cup group. “You probably couldn’t expect us to win everything or draw in any way,” Nguyen said.
In Belgrade, he collected twice within the 22nd minute, Jan Matoušek reduced to a break, but after the change of sides, the Belgrade team added three more goals.
“I think it broke the chance of a penalty kick at 3: 1. Kamso Mara kicked it well, but their goalkeeper caught it even better. If we put 3: 2, it would still be an open match. But then it broke us, 4 : 1, 5: 1 and it was painted. They were clearly better and lost to us, “remarked the 28-year-old goalkeeper.
Liberec, like other Czech representatives in the competition, has a great handicap compared to its rivals in the fact that foreign leagues continue to be played, unlike the Czech ones. “Of course it’s an inconvenience, because the leagues are running everywhere in the world, even though the coronavirus is everywhere. Maybe it’s not just played here. It’s definitely a big disadvantage for us,” Nguyen regretted.
He still believes that Slovan can advance from the group. In third place he has the same points as the second Crvena star and loses three points to the leader Hoffenheim, on whose soil he will perform in a week. The first two units in the table will pass into the spring elimination phase.
“If we don’t feel a chance to advance, we don’t even have to play the remaining matches. Now we have Hoffenheim and then we have two matches at home. That will be crucial. We have to practice the defensive phase and harmony. score, “Nguyen added.
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