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대한민국 - Soon
José Castro spoke to the media first thing in the morning this Monday at Sevilla Airport, where the team gathered for their journey to Manchester for the last-16 of the Champions League: "We're excited and we can't be anything else. We're going to try and be brave in an iconic stadium and against a great opponent, we're excited as we can only be by the prospect of achieving something important, which is being in the quarter-finals 60 years later".
The Chairman was aware of the difficulties involved but trusted his side: "Every knockout tie is difficult at this level because all your opponents outweigh you in budget by many times. We're aware that we have the chance to make history and we have to try and take our chances, which is what we've been missing. Our play has been very good and we're just missing bite, being lethal in front of goal".
"All knockouts are difficult at this level because your opponents outweigh you in budget"
"After the match at the Wanda Metropolitano, which was a turning point, and after what just happened, what we're missing is goals. But the team is having good matches, we're building well and the goal will come because it always does when you're playing like we are now, like we did against Valencia. We should have won but they were more clinical. We have to be clear, we haven't had bite from the beginning because there are players who are only now performing at their best level. We have conceded more goals than we've scored and that says it all".
Asked about what he's expecting to see tomorrow, he said: "We're expecting a Sevilla we see on big nights, a great of European football in the past years. We're definitely going to play well because the team knows how important it is, it's been the implication of everything since Montella arrived".