IRURETA WANTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE IN RIAZOR Basque coach Javier Irureta of Deportivo leads his team in their fourth consecutive Champions League season as the Galicians have done pretty well so far. In 2001 and 2002 the two group phases were survived after which the team were defeated against Leeds United and Manchester United. Last season the second group phase proved to be too difficult as Juventus beat Deportivo by a injury-time goal of Tudor. Now it's up to Deportivo to take some sort of revenge. Javier Irureta knows how important it will be to take something from Riazor before playing in Turin in 15 days. "And that's why we need the help of our supporters as never before. Let them scream and shout but not protest against the team". Irureta added that "it's evident that looking at the home match of last year we should be more concentrated now. That match finished 2-2 after we had taken a 2-0 lead because Italians never give up. It's a lesson we have learned and we will keep in mind during the match of tonight. But I still am more occupied about scoring goals than to prevent them from scoring because a 0-0 would be a bad result for us. It's important to keep a clean sheet, but our priority is to score goals. And if we do so we should cherish this advantage and know how to preserve it as our opponents exactly know how to do that". But Irureta didn't want to use the word 'revenge' when talking about this match. "In football revenge doesn't exist. It's just about winning one day and losing on the other". And what about the fact that traditionally Deportivo have never survived the double leg encounters in the Champions League? "That doesn't worry me as in our third try it could work. I think that we had some bad luck on the other occasions". Finally the coach of Deportivo, at the club since 1998, was asked about the opponent. "It's a strong team with a good physical level and we should try to use the opportunities we're presented. Normally they defend with eight players and that's why it's important for us to play with fast moves. It will be fundamental for us to launch quick attacks and to catch their defence by surprise". Juventus are an experienced team, with strength and they know how to play these matches. Besides, they have a strong offensive tridente in Trezequet, Del Piero and Neved. I don't fear them, but we will have to watch out for them. -- 這六年你把拉科帶起來 我相信 今年你一定可以帶著球隊 進入歐冠八強的!!!! (越接近比賽開始就要越熱血的啦!) --

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