Jordi Cruyff, the Yellow & Blue Head Coach addressed the assembled media following his side’s 2:0 victory over Tirana. The boss discussed attacking down both sides of the pitch, players integrating and about the match itself:
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“I think we lacked a little bit of energy and we were tired after 30 minutes. The last 20 minutes of the match was hard for the team to run and we lost two easy balls. That made it harder for us.”
Improving going forward:
“I think we will improve and we will get some freshness back. The team will then obviously look better and better. For a first game I can’t complain as the full squad was only training together for one week. We performed well for the first game. Maybe if we would have scored a third goal it would have given us a better feeling going to Albania next week.”
Players integrating into the squad:
“It’s a question of integration and what we expect for each position. Some suffered from tiredness, but it will take time. Cohen showed that he is ready for the next step. One of his main qualities is that he knows how to get into the box in the right moments.”
About Sheran Yeini:
“I thought he was one of the players that kept balance to the team and was one of the better players.”
Planning:
“This game helps to analyze and you learn more from mistakes more than good things. Whatever we need to do to get the squad better we will do and follow what we planned a few weeks ago. We are in a good strategical situation going ahead.”
Attacking down the left side with Davidzada:
“We didn’t want our left back last year to disturb Tal Ben Chaim’s dribbles and now we may want to open up on the left and not as much as we did in the past on the right.”
