Atletico Madrid lock horns with Liverpool on Thursday evening in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final and head coach Quique Sanchez Flores has stated that he doesn't expect the tie to be decided until the second leg.
"I don’t see any result possible that will give us piece of mind for the return at Anfield. Playing at Anfield is always uncomfortable, it doesn’t matter what result you get in the first leg," said Sanchez Flores, according to the Liverpool Echo.
"Liverpool are a team that are capable of bouncing back and having great games. The important thing for us will be the collective mindset that we have, as this competition always gives very close scorelines in the first leg.
"I don’t think that the tie, which is 50-50, will be decided at the Vicente Calderon. What I’m sure about is that we will have to play at a very high level. The fundamental difference needs to be our mentality, the way we go out in matches, the intensity, the concentration...we have to recover the way we’ve been playing in this competition, which has got us to the semi-finals."
"I don’t see any result possible that will give us piece of mind for the return at Anfield. Playing at Anfield is always uncomfortable, it doesn’t matter what result you get in the first leg," said Sanchez Flores, according to the Liverpool Echo.
"Liverpool are a team that are capable of bouncing back and having great games. The important thing for us will be the collective mindset that we have, as this competition always gives very close scorelines in the first leg.
"I don’t think that the tie, which is 50-50, will be decided at the Vicente Calderon. What I’m sure about is that we will have to play at a very high level. The fundamental difference needs to be our mentality, the way we go out in matches, the intensity, the concentration...we have to recover the way we’ve been playing in this competition, which has got us to the semi-finals."
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