Samsunspor Technical Director Thomas Reis: 'Hamrun are a dangerous team'

In the 3rd week of UEFA Conference League, Samsunspor will play against Maltese representative Hamrun Spartans at home tomorrow at 20.45. Before this match, Samsunspor Technical Director Thomas Reis made statements at the press conference held at 19 Mayıs Stadium.

'We will play against a good team'

Recalling their 9-match undefeated streak before the Hamrun match, Reis said, "Hamrun have only conceded 2 goals in the last two matches. For this reason, we will play against a good team. As a result, they were eliminated from the Champions League preliminary qualifiers, then played in the Europa League, then got relegated to the Conference League and came this far. That means they are a dangerous team. If we don't have the mentality and the understanding of the game that we want, I think we will definitely have problems. As a team, we want to do our best as we have done so far. That's what we need to do as a first step in tomorrow's match. The fact that people think that the success we have achieved so far is an unexpected success makes the success we have achieved more meaningful."

'We are making compulsory changes'

Thomas Reis underlined that they are fighting together in 4 lanes with a limited squad and said, "We have injured players and we have to play without them. At the same time, one of our strikers (Cherif Ndiaye) will not be with us because of his late transfer. We have to play with a narrow squad in this period. We have 100 percent confidence in these players. They always try to do their best. Although we cannot make too many changes during these periods of match intensity, we make compulsory changes from time to time. We try to rest some of our players. We continue on our way with a narrow squad. We have a 9-match unbeaten streak. This shows that we have a very strong mentality as a team. Tomorrow we need to play with a patient game mentality so that we can get a successful result. We were very successful last year and we are trying to do the same this year. We are having a good season. As a result, every game can be difficult, sometimes you can make mistakes in the game and there are moments when you need the support of the fans. This kind of support is always important, especially in home games. I know that my players are already tired because they play a lot of games. They are in a very intense match tempo, they are trying to maintain their good performance. But if they feel the support of our fans, I am sure they will try to run more. They will want to fight and run more. Definitely this team deserves such support."