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Lopetegui | A win like this always means more to the confidence of the players.

Lopetegui | A win like this always means more to the confidence of the players.

In the first half it was important that we did not lose.

Of course, there were some good chances from our goalkeeper, defenders and some luck, but the 0-0 score at half-time was a good way to move on.

I thought maybe we could change a few things (at halftime). We had two players with a yellow card (Dinos Mavropanos and Lucas Paqueta, both substituted). We needed to win more individual fights.

We needed to be more aggressive with the ball. We needed to be more dangerous in (attack). That’s why we thought about Crisencio in the second half and also brought on Tomas (Sucek) and JC (Todibo).

They performed well, but this applies to the whole team, so we are happy for them. The mentality of the players who take the ball is how they play the game for United.

You could feel the energy in the stadium and it affected the players and fans and it all came together.

This energy is always special. Sometimes when you go down, you are not allowed to go down. And it is very important to feel that energy from the fans, especially in bad moments.

It is very, very important that in bad moments the players feel that there is the energy of our fans and support nearby. So I think he was key for us today. And there were many good moments in the second half.