Coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck and goalkeeper Davy Roef held a press conference at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium in Gent, which will face Medipol Başakşehir on the road in the last 16 round of the UEFA Europa Conference League. Answering the questions of the members of the press at the meeting, Gent Coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck said, “It is not an advantage for us to come away with a draw in the first match. Of course, it is more advantageous because Başakşehir will play at home. We want to take the match as far as we can without conceding a goal. We also want to take the match as far as we can in the later parts of the match. “We will try to score in order to pass the round. We will do our best to pass the round,” he said.
“THIS IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT MATCH IN OUR CLUB HISTORY”
Vanhaezebrouck said that the match to be played against Başakşehir is very important, but not the most important match in the club’s history. “It’s important for the club, but not the most important game in the club’s history. But our opponent has quality players and they are favourites, as they will play at home. We will do everything to eliminate Başakşehir and go on tour,” he said.
“WE CAN’T GET THE RESULTS WE WANT IN AWAY”
Answering the question asked about his team’s away performance, Vanhaezebrouck said, “We played very difficult matches. We play good matches at home. But we can’t always achieve the results we want in the away games. We are working for this. We are sorry that we did not win at home before the away game we will play here tomorrow. Başakşehir offers good and quality players. “If we can eliminate them and go through, it will be a success for us,” he said.
Speaking about the injured players before the Başakşehir match, Hein Vanhaezebrouck gave the following answer: “We have some injured players, but nothing is clear. We will look at their post-training situation today. Tomorrow, we will decide whether they will take part in the match by looking at their final situation before the match.”
DAVY ROEF: “WE WANT TO PASS THE TOUR BY PERFORMING GOOD”
Ghent goalkeeper Davy Roef, who evaluated the chances of the tour after the ground and 1-1 score in the first match, said, “The ground was a bit unfavorable in the match we played at home in the first match of the tour. Despite this, we played a good match, but we could not achieve the result we wanted. We have a good performance in the match tomorrow. We want to pass the tour by putting it on,” he said.