“They surprised us with the initial pressure”

Eric Garcia put on a very good performance against Eintracht Frankfurt and after the match he declared that “they are a very physical team, with very good transitions, the state of the field has not helped but it is no excuse and the team has been improving. It is good for us for the return leg”.

The center-back confessed that “the pressure of the first half surprised us, it was difficult for us to come out from behind. In the second we took advantage of some transition but it was a close game and we didn’t control it badly at all”.

Asked about the injury Pique He said that “I haven’t talked to him, he hasn’t given me time, I hope he doesn’t come to anything because we all know how important he is to us”.

Looking ahead to the second leg, he said that “they will try to play the same game. We will have our fans. The atmosphere here was spectacular, even against Galatasaray it was something like that. We hope that people will come to the field to cheer us on because we need them” .

Finally, on whether the team is a favorite for the Europa League, he assured that “we know perfectly where we come from, the results and now we just have to enjoy ourselves because we haven’t won them and when we go out onto the pitch we do it with incredible enthusiasm”.

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