Head coach of FC Sheriff Stjepan Tomas about the first match against Slovenian Maribor:

 

- We had a good match today. We could and should have won 2-0 or 3-0. We were compact and disciplined. The only thing missing was goals scored.

 

- Today you completely outplayed Maribor. What made it happen?

- I think we caught our rhythm and our pace of the game. We met the opponent very high and closed all the possibilities to quickly deliver the ball to our goal.

 

- You had a good match….

- Thanks. Compared to the game against Zrinjski, we did better in attack. Then, in the third game, we do not get balls into our own net. This makes me happy. But there is still a lot of work ahead.

 

- Are you the favorite before the second leg?

- We need to understand that the score is still 0:0. We have to be very careful, concentrated and playalso reliably.

 

- Does the situation in Ukraine somehow affect the team?

- We have no problems in this regard. We train at our base. Of course, it's not very pleasant that we don't play in our stadium. But it is not so long to drive from Tiraspol to Chisinau.