00:24Hello everyone, thank you for coming, we'll
00:28operate with a hands-up policy if you'd like to ask a question. We'll do a quick 10 minutes
00:34with Matty and then the manager will come in. Sorry I'm out of breath, I've just walked
00:38up a lot of stairs. So yeah, quick 10 minutes with Matty. Mike, if you'd like to stop.
00:52Hello Matty, I know the team haven't had a game for nearly three weeks but a lot of
00:58you have been very busy but is it good to be back for this final section of the club
01:02season which has got an awful lot to offer you? Yeah, as you said then, it's been a while
01:07since we've been together as a group. Obviously everyone going off and doing different things
01:12but yeah, no, it's good to be back. We've had a few sessions to be fair together since
01:16we've been back. Yeah, nearly a full week's training so yeah, obviously full focus on
01:23tomorrow's game. And yeah, we've had enough time to prepare and get the managers ideas
01:28for tomorrow. I mean, it's not a break for you personally, obviously as you just said,
01:32but does that change of scenery just freshen everybody up for the next six weeks which could
01:38be really intense? Yeah, 100%. I think it's good to, important to change scenery up. Obviously
01:45the boys as well who didn't go away, got a little bit of time just to sort of, yeah, take
01:49a rest
01:49really. And then yeah, we've got a massive month and a bit to come up. So many important
01:55games and obviously all the hard work that we've done in the season all sort of matters
02:01now really and the next, as I said, the next month and a half is really important and key
02:04to how we can finish off stronger.
02:07Hi Matty, how easy or difficult has it been to get over the disappointment with Poland and
02:11clicking straight back into club action? No, obviously it's disappointing. Obviously
02:15I tried to sort of, when I'm there, try and switch off from Villa and when I'm here, switch
02:20off from Poland. So obviously as important the game was to miss out on the World Cup,
02:25it's obviously not great. But as I said, I think every one of us in Poland give a great
02:30account of ourselves and played a really good match to be honest against Sweden. So it was
02:35difficult and obviously unlucky. But yeah, we gave a good account of ourselves. We'd done
02:40all we could. And then now obviously back at Villa, try to switch off from that as well.
02:44Obviously the disappointment in the back of the head, I need to try and move on from it.
02:49What's your recollection of playing Bologna from a tactical point of view? Is there any
02:52challenges you faced in particular?
02:55Really good team, yeah. Really man to man, all over the pitch. Really strong. Obviously
03:00I know the goalkeeper, Skrupski, who's obviously injured at the minute. But yeah, I've obviously
03:05spoke to him before when I've been at camp about Bologna as we've played against them in previous
03:09games. But yeah, really good team. Obviously I think the fixtures I've read, obviously
03:17before, sorry, after we beat them, they haven't really lost, I don't think, in Europe. I think
03:22Dioran won most games in Europe, so we know how good they are, yeah.
03:28Anyone else? Yeah? Okay.
03:38Sorry.
03:43Sorry.
03:43C'è una finità fra la mancata qualificazione al Mondiale dell'Italia e quella della Polonia,
04:08differenti aspettative, però si tratta di due grandi nazionali.
04:17Yeah, I'd say so. Obviously two big nations. I think, yeah, missing out on a major tournament
04:24when you're so close to it is obviously really disappointing. So, yeah, I'd say for both
04:28of us it's obviously a big loss, yeah. Anyone else? Yes, sir?
04:35Just on the psychology of the first leg and big tie, what's the most important thing for
04:41an away side, do you think, to achieve in a first leg of a tie like this?
04:47Yeah, obviously, as you said, it's two legs is obviously a 180-minute game. A lot that can happen,
04:56obviously, yeah, coming away to a place like this is always going to be difficult,
04:59but, yeah, we're coming here to win the game. We've made that clear, we're going to try and do
05:05what we can to put ourselves in a good position for next week. And yeah, it'll be a good game.
05:10I think, as I said, we're here to win the game, we're here to focus on ourselves,
05:13respecting the opposition. As I said, we know that they're a good side.
05:17But we need to get our business done, yeah. Anyone else? Thank you, everyone. Thank you very much.
05:25Thank you, guys.
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