The changing rooms are a bit smaller than most, but after Thursday Paolo Maldini can say he has now done it all
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The changing rooms are a bit smaller than most, but after Thursday Paolo Maldini can say he has now done it all
They tell me they're a team which is very fast, who play good football especially at home so it will be necessary to be careful and recharge ourselves. There are still three days left, we have the time to recover. We want to go to Holland to aim for the victory, knowing there are also many games left to play.
It's just absolutely brilliant to be part of it all and being back in European competition is fantastic news for the club ... Villa Park could be really rocking against Ajax in that opening game. The key now is that it is a step up in quality. If you look at some of the teams involved - for example AC Milan, Seville, Ajax - these are sides with real pedigree.
The players are highly motivated about the Uefa Cup. We are not getting the results we thought we would get. But it is not time to be pointing the finger at anyone. Whenever you enter a competition, you are confident you will do well. I am sure we will improve in the Premier League and can use the Uefa Cup to get our confidence back.
Hopefully we can use that to our advantage. We can make it difficult for them, get the supporters behind us and hopefully that might give us an edge to cause a surprise. The changing rooms are a little bit smaller than most, but Paolo Maldini can say that he's done it all now.