It has already been reported that Andrejs Cigaņiks, the midfielder of the Latvian national football team, went on a change on the pitch in the UEFA European League group tournament game on Thursday, but suffered a “dry” loss in the ranks of the Zuhja team in Luhansk.
“Zorja” conceded to the English Premier League club Leicester “City” with the guests 0: 3 (0: 2).
In his debut in the Europa League, Cigaņiks went to the substitution in the 76th minute, but did not stand out in the allotted time.
“I was hoping and expecting to play in the starting line-up, not just 15 minutes, because it had all the prerequisites and signals. But the coach often has his own specific considerations in choosing the line-up,” Cigaņiks shared his feelings after his debut in the European League. “I am very happy that I came out on the field and was able to spend my first minutes in the European League. I hope not the last.”
“I’m overwhelmed with positive emotions right now, because it’s a new stage in my life and in my football career. Unfortunately, the result was not gratifying, but that’s what Leicester’s club is like.”
Ciganiik also emphasized that there was nothing superhuman in the opponent’s team, which is one of the five strongest leagues in Europe on a daily basis.
“I’ll say right away – I didn’t see anything supernatural there. Usually people – two legs, two hands, play football. You could feel that you are playing in a great stadium, in a football country with quality and professional footballers. would not say, “added the footballer.
The Latvian national team player pointed out that the result on the scoreboard does not reflect the real events on the field. Opponents have been able to take advantage of Zoria’s mistakes, but such episodes would not always be realized in the Ukrainian championship.
“Watching the game from the sidelines, I noticed that” City “is very positive when playing ahead,” Ciganik described the style of play of the English club. “The very idea of their performance is always positive. If a pass is given to the attacker, a position in support of the attack is immediately sought. It is not that after passing to the attacker, the other team members are already waiting for the ball to be lost.”
“There is no unnecessary running, no chaos, everything is worked out down to the smallest detail. And in thinking about attacks they think very positively. In defense – negatively, that is, will be very safe against any possible accident, so that if someone, for example, stumbles. other players who can “put out the fire”. “
In a conversation with LFF, Cigaņiks also revealed that the management of “Zorja” has not given the footballers a special task in the European League tournament, because they are aware that the teams from England and Portugal are coming to face. However, Cigaņiks highlighted the statistics of Thursday’s game, which confirmed that “Zorja” can fight equally with the titled teams.
Zorja had better control of the ball on Thursday, and the passes were executed with more accuracy.
The Luhansk team in the European League Group G plays together with “City”, “Braga” from Portugal and Athens AEK.
After one game, “City” with “Braga” are the leaders with three points, but AEK and “Zorja” are in beige.
The final will be held in Gdansk on May 26 this year, where the title match was supposed to take place last season, but due to the spread of Covid-19, it was moved to Cologne. In a year, the finals are scheduled in Seville, and in 2023 – in Budapest.
Last year, in the final, “Sevilla” from Spain won the Milan “Inter” 3: 2.
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