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After a painful defeat in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round second leg press conference, the talk shifted to the very important upcoming "General Financing A League" match against "Žalgiris", according to "Ekranas" head coach Valdas Urbonas, it is important to mentally recover after such a failure.
"Ekranas" head coach Valdas Urbonas: "Congratulations to the opposing team for achieving such a victory. We wanted to dignifiedly resist opponents at home, but I don't have any major comments. We didn't have even 1 percent chance to do more. We can talk about the red card, but that's not the point. We played against a stronger team and the result is logical."
A journalist asked if the team was already thinking about the next matches, as they held a training session in Panevezys on a natural grass field instead of in Vilnius. The coach replied that one training session before the match fundamentally changes nothing, as the team also prepares for A League championship matches on synthetic turf at its training ground on natural grass.
"We played in Vilnius and not at home. I think that also had some impact. There were only a handful of spectators, similar to the A League. In Panevezys, I think there would have been more people. But in any sport, such a defeat is crushing and psychologically affects. Our goal is for the team to mobilize for Sunday, as we play very important matches. They can determine a lot in the championship. Speaking about "Žalgiris", coaching changes often bring positive changes, emotional uplift. We play at home, a lot will depend on how we recover after this day's fiasco."
"We need to wait for the draws of the UEFA Europa League on Friday. In any case, as I have mentioned more than once, we don't have weak opponents. Matches are won not in the draws, but on the field. Even participating in such matches as today or last week, although negative, it is experience," - said "Ekranas" head coach Valdas Urbonas after the match.
RSC Anderlecht head coach John Van Den Brom: "When you win 5-0 at home, there shouldn't be a constant pressure to win, but we are happy that we played good matches and the final 11-0 result says everything. The 18-year-old Deniss Praet played great matches, scored a goal, made a couple of assists, hit the post, this statistics only tells about a well-played match. It is also worth mentioning S. Kijestan, who deserves praise, scored a goal and was very useful on the field.
"We are not thinking about future opponents in the next stage yet, we have to wait for the end of all matches, see which teams will advance to the fourth qualifying round," - said Belgium's team head coach J. Van Den Brom at the press conference."
