Transcript · Danish → English
Post-match analysis of football game
Mike, it ends 1-0 here in Istanbul,
but it's also a match where we play most of it
one man down against Besiktas. Your overall reaction here after the final whistle?
I praised the boys extremely much in the dressing room.
One thing is playing down here 11 against 11.
And then we get a red card after relatively 12 minutes
playing a man down in this cauldron against an insanely big Turkish top team.
I really think the boys stepped up there.
They stepped up for each other, they stepped up for a team that is obviously devastated.
I think it's fair enough. I think it's a red card.
Things happen fast in this situation, and of course he has to get used to that.
It goes a bit faster in Europe sometimes than it does in the Superliga.
That's how it is. It happens. And I am incredibly proud
that we actually have to keep it going until next Thursday.
So huge credit to the boys.
We wanted to change systems earlier, but there is a World Cup,
which has tripped us up a bit in pre-season, where Martin Ehrlich has only trained a couple of days,
and then he actually wasn't supposed to play at all.
But I had the feeling that against their 4-3-3 overload play, we needed a five-man backline, three in front,
so we didn't have six down on the back line,
and we got those three to sit and protect that space,
where they also score for 1-0, where it wouldn't be a 4-4-1, but it wasn't possible to change earlier today.
Martin also just thanked him for playing a half,
because he has just come back from vacation.
That's just how it is. Those are the conditions.
There was a World Cup, we started earlier. I think it all lands a bit hard today,
but when I wrap up and have to draw a conclusion, I'm insanely proud of the boys.
As you say, system change and so on.
Can you try to go a bit deeper regarding both right when the red card comes,
what you try to do there, and then you explain a bit here in the second half,
but also precisely regarding the thing with Martin. What you hoped for in the second half, is that 100% what succeeded?
Yes, but I mean, we keep them at bay okay in the second half.
We should even have scored ourselves with Filip.
I actually think the chances they get are from our own set pieces,
where we aren't caught out on transitions, where they get some chances, but I've always seen that we defend incredibly well.
I mean, it's really great down here, and the players deserve praise for that,
that they play 75 to 80 minutes and keep the tie wide open now for the return leg.
As I said, I would have liked to change systems earlier,
but there are some circumstances today that made that impossible.
And then we could do it at half-time, and I also think we showed with that tactical change,
that we keep them reasonably well in check, in terms of chances, they get some shots off, but nothing particularly dangerous.
So a great effort by the boys, and I also hope those watching on the big screen in Herning had a good experience.
after, of course, having to swallow hard after 10-12 minutes, because that is obviously not what you want when standing down here.
I would still say that out of the 41 matches I have been allowed to coach FC Midtjylland,
I don't think we have ever lost by more than one goal.
And we haven't lost much, but when we have lost, it has not been by more than one goal.
So I was crossing my fingers and hoping out there that we could keep that statistic, and we did, which the boys deserve huge praise for.
And precisely this about keeping the return leg open.
Is that the perspective for that match? There is of course a Superliga premiere this weekend, but is that the perspective for the match in a week?
Well, but of course, as I said, I think it's open now.
We have a home game, we have looked good in Europe.
We probably won't be able to create the exact same atmosphere as they can down here.
But as I also said yesterday to our fans, I think we are growing together.
I think our fan base is growing, so we need everyone at the stadium.
Of course not only on Thursday, but also in general.
We need to create an atmosphere where the players also feel it, and they have.
Last season as well, we really were there for each other, our fans too.
Then we will go out there, just like today.
We can't promise anything, but we will go out there.
And I think all the fans could see today that we played with heart on the pitch.
Everyone is completely gutted in the dressing room, so now of course we have to focus on Sunday's match.
We are also looking forward to the support from our fans.
And thanks to those who have traveled down here today as well.
I know there aren't that many, but it's a long journey to Germany,
and I think we should praise those who made the trip down here.
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Original transcript (Danish)
Mike, det slutter 1-0 her i Istanbul, men det er også en kamp, hvor vi spiller det meste af den. En mand mindre end Besiktas. Din overordnet reaktion her efter slutfløjt? Jeg har råst drengene helt ekstremt meget i omgangsrummet. En ting er at spille her nede 11 mod 11.
Og så får jeg et rødt kort efter relativt tolv minutter at spille ind i undertal i den her eksekaldet mod et vanvittigt kort tyrkisk storehold. Der synes jeg virkelig, at drengene er steppet op. De er steppet op for hinanden, de er steppet op for et team, som selvfølgelig er ulykkelige. Jeg synes da, der går nok. Jeg synes, der er rødt kort.
Det går lidt stærkt i denne situation, og det skal han selvfølgelig vende sig til. Det går lidt stærkere i Europa nogle gange, end det gør i Superligaen. Sådan er det. Det sker. Og så er jeg utroligt stolt af, at vi rent faktisk skal holde det lige ud til næste torsdag. Så kæmpe ros til drengene.
Vi ville gerne have skiftet system tidligere, men der er et VM, som har spændt lidt ben nu her i opstarten, hvor Martin Ehrlich har kun trænet et par dage, og så har han faktisk slet ikke skulle spille. Men jeg havde følelsen af, at imod deres 4-3-3-overtalsspil, skulle vi have en fembakkæder, en treegeren foran, så vi ikke lå med seks nede på sidste linje,
og vi fik de tre til at ligge og beskytte det rum, hvor de også scorer til 1-0, der vil det ikke være en 4-4-1, men det var ikke muligt i dag at skifte tidligere. Martin sagde også lige tak til ham for, at han spillede en halvleg, fordi han er lige med den for ferie. Sådan er nu engang. Vilkåren er nu her.
Der har været et VM, vi startede tidligere. Jeg synes, det hele lander lidt hårdt i dag, men når jeg så slutter af og skal trække facet, så er jeg sindssygt stolt af drengene. Som du siger, systemskifte og så videre. Kan du prøve at gå lidt dybere i forhold til, både lige da det røde kort kommer, hvad I prøver at gøre der, og så forklarer du lidt her i anden halvleg,
men også netop i forhold til det med Martin. Det du håbede i anden halvleg, er det 100% det, der lykkes? Ja, men altså, vi holder dem jo på okay i anden halvleg. Vi skal endda selv score med Filip. Jeg synes faktisk, de chancer, de får, det er på vores egne standarder, hvor vi ikke står under på omstillingerne, hvor de får nogle chancer, men jeg har altid set, at vi forsvarer jo vanvittigt flot.
Altså, det er virkelig flot hernede, og det skal spillerne bare afgås for, at de spiller 75-80 minutter og holder kampen med åbent nu her til returkampen. Som jeg sagde, jeg vil gerne have skiftet system tidligere, men der er nogle omstændigheder i dag, der har gjort, at det ikke er muligt. Og så kunne vi gøre det i halvejene, og der synes jeg også, at vi forvist med den taktiske ændring,
at vi holder dem rimelig godt skarpt med, i forhold til chancen, at de får nogle skud fra dem, men ikke noget synderligt farligt. Så en flot indsats for drengene, hvor jeg håber også dem hjemme på Storskærm i Herning, de fik en god oplevelse efter, at man selvfølgelig efter 10-12 minutter lige skulle synke en gang, for det er selvfølgelig ikke det, man ønsker, når man står hernede. Jeg vil stadig sige, at nu af de 41 kampe, jeg har fået lov til at være træner i FC Midtjylland, jeg tror aldrig nogensinde, at vi har tabt med mere end et mål.
Og det er ikke meget, vi har tabt, men når vi har tabt, så er det ikke mere end et mål. Så jeg er selv lidt og krydser fingre og håber derude, at vi kunne holde den statistik, og det gjorde, hvad det skal drengene have kæmpe råd for. Og netop det her med at holde returopgaverne åbent. Er det perspektiverne i forhold til det opgør? Der er selvfølgelig en Superliga-premiere her i weekenden, men er det perspektiverne i forhold til det opgør om en uge? Jo, men det er jo klart, som jeg sagde, så synes jeg, at det er åbent nu.
Vi har en hjemmekamp, vi har set gode i Europa. Vi kommer nok ikke til at kunne lade den hele den samme stemning, som de kan hernede. Men som jeg sagde også i går til vores fans, så synes jeg, at vi vokser sammen. Jeg synes, at vores fans er en vokser, så vi har brug for alle mand på stadion. Selvfølgelig ikke kun på torsdag, men også generelt.
Vi har brug for at skabe en kulisse, hvor spillerne også føler, og det har de gjort. Også i sidste sæson har vi virkelig været der for hinanden, også vores fans. Så skal vi nok gå ud ligesom i dag. Vi kan ikke love noget, men vi skal nok gå ud. Og det tror jeg, at alle fans kunne se i dag, at vi lavede hjerte ude på banen.
Folk er fuldstændig smadrende i omklædningsrummet, så nu skal vi selvfølgelig have set kampen på søndag. Der glæder vi os også til opbakningen for vores fans. Og så tak til dem, der har rejst herned også i dag. Jeg ved godt, at det ikke er så mange, men det er en lang rejse til Tyskland, og jeg synes, at vi skal rose dem, der har taget herned.
