Europa League
Katala: “We have to be brave and have personality”
Apollon Limassol coach David Katala stressed that his side need to stay focused and avoid the mistakes made in the first leg against Olympiakos.
At the usual press conference before the game against Olympiakos (25/8, 22:00, COSMOTE SPORT 1HD, LIVE Sportish) David Catala is speaking.
Apollon Limassol’s Spanish coach he stressed that his side need to be focused and avoid the mistakes of the first leg against Olympiakos.
Katala spoke at the press conference about Olympiacos – Apollonas Limassol and how his team can achieve a result.
First of all, the coach of the Cyprus team stressed: “We all know the opposition. We feel ready and have ambitions to play well and win and qualify.”
For the information Apollon Limassol needs to qualify: “We have to stay in control, not make the mistakes of the first game and be more secure in defence. But the main thing is to be complete in all lines. In attack and in defence. We have to score to qualify, we know that and I think we can do that. We will be ready against a difficult home game.”
Regarding the new additions and their status: “They are in good form and show a great spirit in training. Everyone is ready when they have to play or when we decide to play. All players have to be ready.”
On how to deal with Huang and Olympiakos in general: “Olympiacos eHe has a very good team. It’s true that Huang caused us a lot of problems in the first game: he moves between the lines and finds spaces. We have to be absolutely correct defensively. We need to have as much on the ball as possible and show personality and character to qualify.”.
Whether he’s prepared for the possibility of qualifying going to penalties: “In such matches, of course, every detail counts. We have to look at everything, the atmosphere, the pressure at the start, everything, even the penalties. The psychological part is very important throughout the game and especially in extra time and penalties.”
Whether he thinks about changing something in the tactical part: “The idea and tactics will be the same. We won’t change because we’re playing against an attacking side. We have to get aggressive again. We have to be brave and have personality. Olympiacos are a terrible team and attacking can be risky but if we are focused and aggressive then the chances of qualifying increase. We have to have passion and fight against this team and a terrible atmosphere.”
Whether he expects a different tactic from Olympiakos: “We checked Carlos Corberan’s games even in England. He plays with changes in his game and he did it with PAS. He generally likes to attack, hold the ball, but he also usually changes formations even within the game . We expect it and we are ready to face it.”
Aleksandar Jovanovic spoke on behalf of the football players. The Serbian goalkeeper said: “We know who Olympiacos is and they have an advantage due to their hot homeland. But we believe in our quality and we will give everything to be successful until the end.” On the possibility of penalties, he said: “There can be decided. If we go that far, we will see what happens give everything at the last minute.”
Source: sport 24
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english team Aston VillaThe player continues to show incredible form and has already won his 10th consecutive victory in different tournaments.
The successful series includes 7 Premier League matches and 3 Europa League matches. This is a new club record for Aston Villa.
The last win came on 21 December, when the home team beat Manchester United 2-1 at Villa Park in Birmingham.
This winning streak has allowed Aston Villa to secure a place in the top 3 (36 points) of the Premier League standings, ahead of Arsenal (39) and Man City (37).
In the Europa League, Unai Emery’s team safely passed the league stage and entered the top 3 together with Lyon and Mittjylland (15 points out of 18).
Aston Villa’s 10-match winning streak
- 21.12. 19:30. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Manchester United – 2:1
- 14.12. 16:00. nuclear submarine West Ham – Aston Villa – 2:3
- 11.12. 22:00. LE. Basel-Aston Villa-1:2
- 06.12. 14:30. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Arsenal – 2:1
- 03.12. 21:30. nuclear submarine Brighton – Aston Villa – 3:4
- 30.11. 16:05. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Wolverhampton – 1:0
- 27.11. 19:45. LE. Aston Villa – Young Men – 2:1
- 23.11. 16:00. nuclear submarine Leeds – Aston Villa – 1:2
- 09.11. 16:00. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Bournemouth – 4:0
- 06.11. 22:00. LE. Aston Villa – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 2:0
Aston Villa’s winning streak in the 2025/26 season
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Ukrainian defender Nottingham Forest Alexander Zinchenko He shared his feelings after his team beat Utrecht (2:1) in the main round of the Europa League.
“It’s a great feeling. First of all, I’m back. Secondly, it’s an incredible feeling to win a match. Getting three points today was very important for us. As you can see, it was a difficult match. But at the end of the match, I think we got what we wanted and let’s continue like that.”
“As a defender you always want to keep a clean sheet, but unfortunately we couldn’t do that today. So it’s something we need to work on in the future.”
“This is one of those matches where whoever wins the most challenges in different areas of the field will win the match. Today we won many more goals which helped us a lot in the game. But to be honest, even the opportunities we created, including me, we should have scored and finished this match earlier,” said Zinchenko.
Nottingham Forest is in 11th place in the rankings with 11 points after 6 matches in the Europa League this season.
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sports doctor Dmitry Babelyuk He was not happy with the decision made by Sean Dyche, the head coach of English Nottingham, in the match against Dutch Utrecht in the Europa League (2-1).
The Foresters’ coach has given Ukraine national team defender Alexander Zinchenko a place in the starting squad after the player missed nine matches due to injury.
“These old-school coaches never cease to amaze. In 2025, with the advancement of sports science and medicine, I don’t understand how it is possible to release a player from the winger position for a full 90 minutes at the same time after two muscle injuries.
First, Moyes did this to Mikolenko, which led to Vitaly’s relapse. Now Dyche makes the same obvious mistakes.
Understanding that Zinchenko is a player who has regularly suffered from muscle problems in recent seasons; injured twice at Nottingham in the last three months; Having not played for the last six weeks, I cannot imagine how anyone could be so negligent in getting a player into top playing form.
This is not often seen in the new generation of coaches such as Thomas Frank or Enzo Mareschi, but the old ones continue to rely on their own emotions, leaving players in danger of unnecessary relapses.
I hope everything goes well for Sasha and he returns to his best form, but playing 90 minutes at a time after two months of treatment is outright stupidity in modern football at the top level,” Babelyuk raged.
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