Lokomotiv Moscow deserve to play the later rounds of UEFA Europa League, claims Jose Couceiro
After Lokomotiv Moscow’s disappointing recent Russian Premier League form, the Moscow-based club managed to claim a 3-1 UEFA Europa League group stage win against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SK-Sturm-Graz-c40536 at Lokomotiv Stadium.
In the aftermath of the outcome, Loko head coach Jose Couceiro has expressed his joy over their European progression and revealed that the Moscow-based club deserved to reach the later rounds of Europa League.
After their flying start to the second round in Russian top division, Lokomotiv lost momentum after back-to-back defeats to Spartak Moscow and Zenit St. Petersburg.
However, their poor league run did not affect their European form as they still managed to win the European tie at home.
Couceiro revealed that he is happy with the Russian outfit and revealed that the Parovozy will not take the last group stage match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/RSC-Anderlecht-c40394 lightly, despite the group their progression, as they are looking forward
to claim a top spot on the group table.
With only a game left to play, Lokomotiv are trailing the group-toppers, Anderlecht, by 3 points.
“We have done a good job to reach the round of 32. I think we did not start the game perfectly but we were able to regroup, take the game under control, and managed to claim a win.” The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 man was quoted as saying.
He added: “I am very pleased with the players, because they did a great http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 to get better as a team. And the fact that today the boys were able to recover quickly after conceding a goal, is a proof of a growing team.”
Speaking on the absence of Red-whites goalkeeper, Guilherme, the former Sporting Lisbon manager was quick to dismiss any fears about his potential injury and revealed that there was some digestion problems with the Brazilian national.
“http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Guilherme-c15315 is a high-level professional and he wanted to play despite the discomfort.” Couceiro said.
Couceiro went on to reveal that Lokomotiv have a strong bench and that is confident of replacing the goalkeeper with quality before the group stage encounter.
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