Head coach of Czech Republic's Viktoria Miroslav Koubek said what he expects from his team's return match against Kryvorizhzh Kryvbas in the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League, which will be held today in Pilsen. Recall, the first meeting of the rivals ended in defeat of the Ukrainian team with a score of 1:2.
"Told the players to consider that the first match with Kryvbas simply did not happen. We, of course, will remember the style of play of the opponent, but the result of the first match should be thrown out of our minds. Despite our victory, now in our confrontation the score for me is 0:0. We do not want to keep the result of the first match, we want to win.
Yes, now we have a one-goal advantage, but the task of reaching the next round is not solved. We can say that before the return match we have a slightly better chance of overall success than our opponents, plus the support of the fans, but we need to be on guard: a one-goal advantage is very slippery," Koubek said at the pre-match press conference.