The Head Coach of the Astana team Michal Bilek told about the results of the draw:
- We are all waiting for the start in the Champions League, but we are facing a very unusual situation, we did not have official matches for almost 5 months, the team only recently began to conduct a full-fledged training process. Nevertheless, we have high goals set in front of us, both in the championship and in European Competitions. We still have a little more than a week before the match, we will try to spend this week productively and approach the match in a fighting fit.
- How well do you think the draw was for us?
- We do not need to think about this, we must accept the opponent we have and prepare for the match with them. The coaching staff has already started collecting information about the opponent.
- Before the Champions League, FC Astana signed a new central defender Uros Radakovic. Could you assess this gain?
- Uros is a qualified young player who has proven himself well both in the Czech Championship within the squad of FC Sigma and FC Sparta, and last season in FC Orenburg. It is clear that it takes time for him to adapt in team formations, and in a new team, especially since he will join us only next week, but I hope that Uros will help us in fulfilling our tasks for the season.