FCSB are fighting for a place in the Conference League play-offs in Denmark on Thursday after being held to a 0-0 draw by Nordsjælland at Stadion Steaua a week ago, and coach Elias Haralambous spoke ahead of the game.

Elias Charalambous and FCSB’s strategy for the Conference League playoffs

At the pre-match press conference, coach Elias Charalambous sounded confident and noted that his team will have to suffer to qualify.

“I said before the tour that everything will be resolved after my return. We know it will be a tough game, especially away from home, but we came here to qualify.

We know it will be difficult, but the players have prepared well, they are motivated and looking forward to the game. My staff and I have done our best to prepare them. We are ready.

We have a plan, we have a developed strategy for the match. We must suffer. We came here to qualify.

We can’t make excuses, we have to play on this surface, it’s not the best, but we don’t have to make excuses, we have to adapt.

These are two quality teams that have shown they can score easily. We know their qualities, we know their weaknesses and we will try to give everything we can to qualify.

We have players with European experience, which is very important for me. We have young national team players who have played under such pressure. We have to be serious, stay focused for 90 minutes, that’s the only way we can qualify.” – announced Elias CharalambousDigiSport reports.

The game between Nordsjælland and FCSB will take place on Thursday at 20:00 and will be live-blogged on HotNews.ro.