National coach Ilian Iliev gave a press conference before the match in Belfast, where today " the lions" are coming up against the Northern Ireland squad in a match of the Nations League football tournament. The Varna specialist shared his views before the important match, quoted by BNR.
"Northern Ireland is a team that is getting younger. Their processes are going well, they have good generation, they have speed, we have to meet this challenge. Our group is very tight to count the points. A loss can bring you down, a win can shoot you in the forehead. We are close in the standings, this is an important game. The most important thing is for the team to gain some self-confidence and style, if we had won half of these close matches and lost the others, I would have been more satisfied. These draws do not give us satisfaction, we need victories.
When we made the group we knew that these shortages could happen, we called an extra boy. We miss Ilija very much, we had made a base, we have an idea how to get out. We have to respond to Northern Ireland's aggression, get the ball down, we can't keep defending. The fact is that Levski's medical staff said that Christian Dimitrov is injured and we have to believe it. We know Northern Ireland's style, we have to respond but we also have to try to keep the ball. The match starts 0:0, then we don't know what will happen. We don't have a parked bus match, this is a match where anything can happen. I hope we are not on the "Titanic" tomorrow, said Ilian Iliev.