This Wednesday, SC Braga plays the round of 16 of the UEFA Youth League, at AC Milan’s home ground.
When previewing the duel, coach Rui Duarte and full-back Tomás Marques highlighted the team’s desire to overcome this difficult opponent and want to continue in the competition. They are aware that it will be a very competitive duel with a high level of difficulty, but they are convinced that the team has the necessary quality to guarantee passage.
Rui Duarte
Youth League Walk
“It has been a journey that fills us with pride, but we want to continue writing history. Get a good result here and move on. We came with this intention and we are focused on it.”
Team
“We are completely identified with what we have to do. It’s a very intelligent group, with a lot of football culture. They already know each other very well. We are preparing a strategy, which we believe will be possible to move forward with.”
Adversary
“Milan is a team full of talent, with several players having already made their debut in the A team and being called up regularly. They are very strong at home and have won three of their three home games in the group stage.”
Ticket
“We only think about victory, that was the message we sent. We really want to move forward and write another beautiful page in the history of Sporting Clube de Braga”.
Team
“The team prepared well for this game, they are motivated. We are happy to be in the round of 16, but we want more. We will demonstrate this in this game against AC Milan. We know it’s going to be a complicated game, but we prepared very well in the little time we had. We are familiar with the manager’s ideas and we are all heading towards the same goal, which is victory”.
AC Milan
“Milan are an aggressive team. We’re going to have to have maximum aggressiveness levels and play every duel. They like to have the ball and we will try to use that to our advantage, control possession of the ball and play our game.”
Game
We know it’s a knockout game, every detail is important. We can’t make anything easier. Let’s focus on achieving victory.