Cork City fully acknowledge that they have work to do in order to stay in the UEFA Europa League, but they are relishing that challenge. John Caulfield's team have travelled to Cyprus with the mindset that they are good enough to overcome AEK Larnac
Cork City fully acknowledge that they have work to do in order to stay in the UEFA Europa League, but they are relishing that challenge.
John Caulfield's team have travelled to Cyprus with the mindset that they are good enough to overcome AEK Larnaca, who beat them 1-0 at Turner's Cross last week.
If they are to achieve that then The Leesiders will need to find the back of the net. But that is nothing to panic about, according to their manager who believes in his players.
“We know it will be difficult, we are one down, but we have had a chat about it and we have a game-plan," said Caulfield.
"We need to score obviously, and we feel we can do that. We know they will keep the ball and try to tire us out, but we have to conserve our energy and, at the same time, try to prevent them from scoring and keep ourselves in the game.
"We want to keep the tie alive and, the longer the game goes on, we feel we can create opportunities with the pace we have. We certainly believe we that can score over here and make it interesting.
"The boys are in great spirits and really looking forward to the game. Since we have arrived, we can see that the heat and humidity is incredible, so we are working a lot on their hydration and being prepared properly.”
