Pedro Neto insists the Blues will be focused on themselves heading into our important Conference League semi-final first leg tie against Djurgarden.
It’s crunch time in our European journey as we travel to the Stockholm Arena with a place in the final at the end of May up for grabs, and Neto is excited at the prospect of securing our place in Wroclaw.
After securing safe passage into the last four against Legia Warsaw, the Portuguese winger is hopeful of replicating a similar away performance where the Blues were able to come away from the Polish capital with a 3-0 win, but explained they won't underestimate tomorrow’s opposition.
‘We know about Djurgarden, we know how they play and the stuff that they do, but we are just focused on ourselves,’ Neto opened.
‘That’s what we are focused on. We don’t fear anything in any game and we go to the game tomorrow thinking about ourselves and the way we are going to win the game.’
When discussing that winning mentality that will be needed tomorrow night, the 25-year-old pointed to our last-gasp 2-1 victory over Fulham, where Neto scored the winner at Craven Cottage after Tyrique George had equalised with 15 minutes left on the clock, as giving further important belief to the squad.
‘It was a really important game,’ he continued.
‘I think it was a moment where we showed we are ready for these situations. Fulham are a difficult team to play and it’s a tough ground to go.
‘We were losing and then to turnaround that game around was a really good job. It has given us the belief that we can do even better. We have to finish games in the best way or the games don’t matter.’
Scoring against both Fulham and Legia Warsaw in recent weeks, Neto also singled out George for praise.
‘Tyrique is ready to help the team,’ he said. ‘He is a really good lad with very good skills and talent, and he has to continue what he is doing because we will need him in the games. We are really happy for him as well.’
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