Emanuel Ferro spoke in a pre-match press conference

As usual in UEFA Europa League pre-match press conferences, assistant coach Emanuel Ferro addressed the media this Wednesday before the game against Aberdeen.

“Aberdeen are coming here looking to go through to the next stage, and they know that our objective is the same”, he said on Wednesday night. “We are going to be playing at our home stadium; w, want to impose our game and have a good performance in order to achieve a good result”.

“We are working on this, and we are very convinced that the work we did during the course of preseason -and for this specific game- will bring us a strong result”.

Ferro added that “The preseason is done and we feel completely prepared for the first official game of the season, which will be very important for us. Being a knockout game, we have to have a solid performance, and that is what we have been working on”.

Asked about Amorim being unable to coach the team this week, he said that “We didn't have the leader of our coaching staff present, which makes a difference, but new technologies reduce that impact. Rúben was always present in our preparation for this game, and we know that we are ready for tomorrow. It is the players who make the team play as they do”.