Shota Arvealdze, the Yellow & Blue boss spoke to the assembled press about the upcoming match:

“It’s clear that it is not just us. Our goal was to advance to the group stages and we did that. There is one match left until we end the group stages and we want to continue on.”

About Dundalk:

“We had problems finding our way between the defensive line. I watched many of the club’s matches and they are an excellent team. Alkmaar may win but that doesn’t interest me. We have to get a good result ourselves. We don’t have the time to pray that they will slip up, we have to do our work. I don’t think this will be a very open match tomorrow. They have their own way to play and I believe that they won’t change.”

Availability of players:

“Oscar Scarione is the only player who is not fit and unavailable for tomorrow’s match.”

Dor Micha, the Yellow & Blue midfielder also commented to the press:

“I think that they surprised us in the first match. We thought that they would rely more on long balls but but we saw thatchy are indeed a team that knows how to play.”

The Club’s recent play:

“Football is a lot about momentum and right now things are not going well for us and this is the type of match that can put us on a the right track. This game can really turn around our whole season if we play well, win and advance to the Round of 32.”

Something missing:

“I think there is something missing, but I can’t put my finger on it. We want to win but we have been playing very poorly of late and we haven’t had the hunger that we need. We haven’t had a rough period of time like this for five years and I didn’t think that we would go back to what was back then. If we can get our energy level back up then we can things going the right direction.”

Changing things up:

“The coach is doing the maximum and is trying to help us as much as possible and change things up. Ultimately we, the players are on the pitch and not him but we will have to find ways to get back on track. Hopefully we will do that tomorrow.”