on Arsenal's slender advantage...
"We were a little bit in a situation while we
were one-nil up, between keeping a clean sheet and going forward.
We didn't really find our flow in the second half. Maybe we
were cautious, not to be caught on the break. I felt as well that
their midfield played very well, we found it difficult to dictate
our leadership in the middle of the park, they have done well -
they closed us down, and from then on in the second half it became
more difficult."
on the return leg...
"I'm confident, I believe in my team. Of
course our defensive record speaks for us and helps us to believe.
Yes, we want to go there and try to score goals, and play our game
of course. I don't know what to expect, you are in the
Semi-Final of the Champions League, you could see tonight. They are
technically a very good side, tactically very intelligent, very
mature. We want a great performance. But we have a big game on
Saturday again before that, and of course we want to deal well with
that game as well. I might rotate a bit because we need fresh legs,
we've given a lot today."
on who they could face in the final...
"For us we want first to go through, who we
play after that is not our main worry. Our main worry is to go
through and there's still 90 minutes to go. I always say we
need two - two good games if we want to go through, and we have one
more in front of us."
40/1 - Arsenal v Tottenham - Adebayor to score first and Arsenal to win 3-1
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