Zorya Luhansk defender Roman Vantukh told what he expects from today's match of his team against Belgian Gent in the 1st round of the group stage of the Conference League.
"The coaching staff provided us with all the information about Gent. We have been watching fragments of matches involving this team for more than one day, carefully preparing for the upcoming match.
Yes, on paper, Ghent are probably the favourites of our group, but we are not afraid of anyone, although we respect everyone. Moreover, being the underdog is always easier psychologically, because then there are fewer expectations from you. But when you manage to show results in this situation, then in the eyes of people everything will look very different. In a word, Gent are favourites, but we have nothing to lose and we have an opportunity to show what is not expected of us.
We will try to show our football, it is a good opportunity for each of us to show our strengths on the European stage. We will give our best on the pitch," Zorya's press service quoted Vantuch as saying.