West Ham boss David Moyes previews their UEFA Europa League clash with Backa Topola
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00 David, after Saturday's win at Burnley, how many apart from Mikael, who the rest of the squad travelled?
00:06 We have... Jared hasn't travelled.
00:10 We've got another couple who have some illness, who haven't travelled.
00:15 You prepared so they are?
00:17 No, not at all.
00:18 No? Okay.
00:23 The question is who has travelled from the team, who hasn't, who stayed at home. Jared stayed at home as we know, injured.
00:30 So he didn't travel with the rest of the team, he didn't even stay in the hotel, he didn't travel to Serbia.
00:35 David, for the last two seasons you've always said you want to be in Europe after Christmas.
00:40 Big juggling act, ten matches in 34 days.
00:44 But obviously if you win tomorrow, that puts you on the cusp of going into matchday 6 knowing that you just haven't got to lose to Freiburg.
00:53 So how do you reconcile that against the workload that you've got?
00:58 It's been very difficult over two years trying to juggle the European games with also the Premier League games.
01:05 But for most of it we've done quite well. One semi-final, one final.
01:11 So we're trying to do much the same.
01:14 But I agree, it's really difficult and I believe this year the group we're in is a very hard group and is making it harder to make too many changes.
01:26 The next question was about the transfer to Europe, so that they stay in the European competition after Christmas.
01:36 And of course, the victory is expected tomorrow.
01:40 On the other hand, how do you reconcile the pressure in the domestic Euroleague competition?
01:47 The coach's answer is that it's been really difficult over the last two years to juggle the European competition,
01:55 to play at home in a continuous rhythm, both in Europe and at home, twice a week.
02:02 But we're doing well, we're almost in the semi-final, one final, and we'll try to keep that level.
02:09 It's difficult, because the group is difficult, and we'll see how we do in that. It's difficult, but we hope we'll keep that level.
02:18 Thank you, David.
02:19 Also, obviously, Tupola gave us a bit of a scare at London Stadium, and they beat part of the Zandberg grade 4-0 on Saturday,
02:28 at the top of the table, so I can't take anything for granted coming here.
02:32 No, I find every game in Europe difficult. Nothing is easy, and obviously we're fully aware of their very good result they had at the weekend.
02:46 Considering that your opponent led 1-0 in London, which really scared us, and we know that he beat his rival 4-0,
02:59 how do you assess the expectations for tomorrow's match?
03:05 The answer is that there are no easy opponents in Europe, and there's no easy match in Europe.
03:11 We're taking everything for granted, and we expect tomorrow's match to be as difficult as every match in the EuroLeague.
03:18 Last one for me. When you kicked off in Zagreb in September 2021,
03:24 did you ever in your wildest dreams think you'd be going to 13 different countries, 32 games, different climates, different cultures,
03:33 and today, 4,000 capacity stadium, 320 West Ham fans following the team?
03:40 If you had said that to me two or three years ago when we started out, I don't know if I would have believed it.
03:47 Also, we had just gone 17 games unbeaten in Europe, which I think was a British record for any team.
03:56 We've really enjoyed our journey in Europe over the last few years. We continue to enjoy it now.
04:05 We come to another new city. When we first got into Europe, we wanted the supporters to enjoy their trips,
04:16 enjoy going away, behave well, and hopefully see their team doing well in Europe.
04:24 Hopefully, they would all probably, I hope, would stand back and say, "Yeah, we've had a couple of really good years in Europe."
04:31 Thank you.
04:34 You're now turning to the most recent period in your history, 13 countries, you've played 32 games,
04:42 played so many different cultures, so many different climates, and the coach said to me two or three years ago,
04:51 I wouldn't have believed it, we'd lose so much experience, and in the end, we had 17 games in a row,
05:00 which I think is a British record. So, we just want to continue to enjoy our journey through Europe,
05:07 and we want our fans to travel with us, and that they enjoy their journey, visiting different countries and cultures,
05:14 and that they behave well wherever they go. So, I hope we'll stay in Europe as long as possible,
05:20 and that we'll continue to play good games in Europe.
05:23 Good evening, good evening, I'm Tamara Biró from Pannon Television.
05:30 My question is, how does the coach rate your performance in the TST,
05:35 given that you've already scored a point in the Europa League in this group,
05:40 and if possible, how do they like the stadium here, what do they say about it? Thank you.
05:46 So, the question was in Hungarian, we have some Hungarian journalists here.
05:51 I will translate in Serbian, and this for English.
05:55 So, what does the coach think about TST, what does he think?
06:05 TST has already scored one point, they played well against them in London,
06:13 and did they see our stadium, what do they think about that?
06:20 So, the question for the West Ham manager, what's your opinion of TST?
06:24 We've got one point in the general standing here in Europe, in the Europa League,
06:30 and we played well at the London stadium, in London, and have you seen our stadium?
06:35 What's your general impression, what do you think?
06:37 I agree, you played very well in London stadium.
06:42 It was the opening game in the group, was it? Yes, opening game in the group.
06:48 I thought it was a good game, and fortunate at the moment we got the result,
06:54 but as I said before, we respect all the opponents we play.
06:59 We'll come here tomorrow, we will try and win, because we are in a strong position in the group.
07:06 But also, we'll have a chance to see a small stadium in comparison,
07:13 and we'll see if we can win, and we'll see if we can win.
07:18 We'll see if we can win, and we'll see if we can win.
07:22 We'll see if we can win, and we'll see if we can win.
07:28 We'll see if we can win, and we'll see if we can win.
07:32 We'll see if we can win, and we'll see if we can win.
07:38 We'll see if we can win, and we'll see if we can win.
07:43 We'll see if we can win, and we'll see if we can win.
07:49 We'll see if we can win, and we'll see if we can win.
07:55 We'll see if we can win, and we'll see if we can win.
08:01 We'll see if we can win, and we'll see if we can win.
08:07 We had a little luck in the first match, that West Ham could win.
08:13 This means that you shouldn't underestimate any opponent.
08:18 Every opponent is appreciated.
08:21 This group is very difficult, and they said that they'll try to win here tomorrow.
08:29 The stadium is very nice, a small, compact stadium.
08:33 It looks like it's going to be a little cold, but they'll try to win tomorrow.
08:37 Thank you.
08:39 Is it on?
08:40 Okay, anyone?
08:41 Yeah.
08:42 Is Santuro from TV Vojvodina.
08:50 It was two months ago when TSC played in London.
08:56 The first match in its history on the group stage of every cup.
09:08 What can we expect after two months in your game?
09:13 When we were in London, you were unbeaten in the Premier League,
09:21 but now you are in ninth place, I think.
09:24 What can we expect tomorrow?
09:28 We've been doing well in Europe over the last couple of years.
09:36 We have a record, we went unbeaten.
09:38 Our first defeat was in Olympiacos a few weeks ago.
09:42 I'm hoping that we can continue in really good form in Europe.
09:46 We've been good wherever we've been.
09:49 We've had some draws, we've had some wins.
09:53 In the main, we've not lost so many games.
09:56 In fact, we've only lost one game in over two years away from home,
09:59 except for a semi-final.
10:01 We've been in pretty good form.
10:05 I hope we can continue.
10:06 I'll do everything I possibly can to make that be the case tomorrow.
10:12 Thank you.
10:14 The question was two months ago.
10:17 You're now in London.
10:19 It was his first game in the history of the club,
10:23 in the group stage of the Euroleague.
10:26 What can we expect tomorrow?
10:29 You were unbeaten in the Premier League,
10:33 but now you are in ninth place in the domestic league.
10:37 What can we expect from the coach?
10:40 I think we're doing really well in Europe.
10:42 I've already mentioned the record we have as an undefeated team.
10:46 You know, we've had our last score in the game against Olympiacos.
10:50 We haven't lost many games,
10:52 especially in the semi-final we've come to.
10:55 I expect to continue with that trend.