Statement from Royal Antwerp Coach Mark van Bommel after the Başakşehir match



Royal Antwerp Coach Mark van Bommel said he was happy with the score they got against Başakşehir.


In the first match of the UEFA European Conference League Play-Off Tour, Belgium team Royal Antwerp drew 1-1 with Medipol Başakşehir away. Speaking at the press conference held after the match, Royal Antwerp Coach Mark van Bommel said, “We will start the second match 0-0.


An away goal no longer counts. We had to play differently. Because we had injured players. Chances are I’d say 50-50 in two games. We were lucky obviously. It was a nice gold, but we were lucky. It was a tactical match. It was boring to watch but we got a good result. I can say that we did not play defensively. It looked that way, but we didn’t want to play defensively. It was a tough match. I can say that I am happy with the score. We have injured players. We are playing on a good system. “We didn’t want to play defensively, but we wanted to play differently from other games,” he said.




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