Miroslav Koubek identifies recipe for turning Lazio around

The words of Miroslav Koubek

These are the statements made in the press conference by Viktoria Plzen coach Miroslav Koubek on the eve of the return match of the round of 16 against Marco Baroni’s Lazio, who è imposed in the first leg 2-1 thanks to a goal by Isaksen in 98'

"We do not fear any aspect of Lazio. Fear does not belong to sports. Isaksen’s goal è was a hard blow that greatly complicated our situation. We have to recover a goal, so it will be crucial to be active from the start. We will have to have a proactive game, è the only valid recipe to have a hope of overturning the result" began the Viktoria Plzen coach.

" We played a really good game, maybe è it was an unexpected performance for Lazio. The result è was negative and it also changed our strategy for tomorrow’s game, because we will be at a disadvantage and they will have the fans on their side. Isaksen’s goal caused us a big problem and now it will depend on us. If you are ahead by one goal at the end of the first half you are not è guaranteed to win, just as having won in the first leg does not give Lazio absolute certainty of going through" added the Czechs’ coach.

"I think they will start on the attack to try to score right away. If they say they are very tired I expect a very aggressive and energetic start of the game from them and we will have to be good to resist. They have a definite style of play and they will play with their identity tomorrow as well," concluded Miroslav Koubek.