Fernandes: We’ll enjoy the challenge

Bruno, the membership, whilst you’ve been right here, have labored so exhausting to get into the Champions League and you have not at all times managed it. How a lot of a blow would it not be when you did not qualify for the knockout spherical?

“Clearly, for us, it is actually necessary to be within the competitors. We wish to be in the course of the very best golf equipment in Europe. As I stated, it is clearly disappointing if we do not undergo, however I am not occupied with that in the meanwhile. I am simply centered on the sport in opposition to Galatasaray, as a result of the one manner we will undergo is successful in opposition to Galatasaray and going to the final sport with an opportunity to undergo. So our focus in the meanwhile is on successful this sport, understanding that we play in opposition to such an excellent opponent away from house, the place the environment will likely be intense. However I believe everybody, as a child, you take pleasure in and also you wish to be in these type of levels, huge stadiums, huge atmospheres, so that you simply should benefit from the problem.”

You gave Marcus the penalty. Was that one thing in your thoughts earlier than the sport, or was that simply within the second?

“No, it was within the second. I speak about this already. I believed that Marcus wanted his first objective, he’s such an necessary participant for us and he hadn’t scored within the Premier League [since September]. Final season he was our high scorer, so we all know that he’s necessary for us, he’s somebody that may rating lots of targets. And I believe for strikers and wingers generally it’s about getting his first objective and after that they will get on the straight to attain increasingly targets. And we’d like our strikers and our wingers to be within the positions to attain targets and to have the arrogance to attain them.

“We’ve got a listing of penalty takers, and their quantity within the order of penalty takers – who’s going to be the primary, second or third. First being myself as a result of previously few years it has at all times been me. However once I arrived on the membership, Marcus was the penalty taker. He was injured once I arrived so I began taking penalties. He was at all times respectful on the facet, saying ‘you are doing it now, you are doing it properly, so maintain going.’ At moments he had his second to take the penalty and generally we’ve had moments to present the ball to one another. I believe it isn’t necessary who takes it, as a result of I believe the supervisor places a paper on the market with the penalty takers and the 2 names for that sport was me and Marcus. So, it is nearly deciding who’s going to take that. It would not should be at all times Bruno. It would not should be at all times Marcus. However it needs to be somebody the place we’re 100 per cent certain that the ball goes to go in. We’re by no means 100 per cent certain as a result of it is 50/50 each time. I may have taken the penalty and missed and we are going to by no means know. However the factor is that Marcus took it and he scored.”