Hradec Kralove 1-0 Away in the First Leg of the UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round, Taking a Big Advantage Ahead of the Return Match

After the game, coach Vincenzo Italiano made notable remarks. Today we saw, as I always say, there are no easy matches in Europe. Today's match was very tough.

We were down to 10 men, and all the boys showed their spirit. That's why I'm very happy. I brought on a second striker for runs behind the defense, and Semih scored.

I'm very glad Semih scored. Now we need to prepare for the second match. We need to be more aggressive.

I'm very happy with today's result. This team has been together for about a month, and I think we've laid the foundation. I think this team can progress further.

We'll see together what happens ahead. What I had in mind was for the team to push forward a bit more, so I added a forward. We couldn't stay buried.

After that decision, we were rewarded and found the goal. I think in the second half our spirit was much different, we were much more eager. We created more chances.

But there's an important issue: we need to be more clinical. We haven't conceded in three matches, and I'm very happy about that. When you concede, you become more fragile and can make more defensive errors.

I'm happy that didn't happen. The second half was actually like the second match against Midtjylland. There, too, we played completely differently in the second half.

Today was the same. We can get even better ahead. I believe that.