Press points | Eintracht Frankfurt against Spurs | Micky van de Ven

Micky when he worries about the longer -term effects of his injuries …

“No, not really. I have recovered well. Of course I have had some same injuries in the past few years, but I feel good and I am not really worried about something for my future. I know that I train everything and do everything to make my thighs as strong as possible, and the rest of my body, so that I did not really emphasize something about my future for my Hiesgrüns.”

Micky about the atmosphere in Frankfurt …

“I know that it will be a good atmosphere. The last time I played with Wolfsburg, was also a hard game, the fans are really behind the team, so it will be like a 12th man, but it should be fine. We’ll be doing noise, but we have to concentrate on the field, that’s the most important thing. It will be a good atmosphere.

Micky about Vicario and Romero’s reaction to errors in wolves …

“I think to make a mistake is normal. Of course, after the game, you were sad to make mistakes because you expect better from yourself. It can happen that you can make a mistake, and after the game you cannot accept that. If you look at you now, you are ready for the game tomorrow and you are as sharp as it is.”

Micky about his fitness situation …

“I feel good. I saw some people outside of the training area, some specialists. They helped me to run and understand my body a little more, so I learned some things from them. As I said, I feel really good and ready at the moment.”

Micky playing in every game and the importance of European football …

“Of course I want to play every game. Football is what you love the most, every game you want to play. But yes, the Europa League is a really important competition for us this season. We have some Premier League games ahead of us, but if we want to win silverware next season and qualify for a European tournament, the Europa League is a really important stage for us.”

Micky if he proves something to our fans …

“It was not our best season and the fans want us to play better. You expect that we will do it better, but we also want to prove that we have the quality and skills, and if everyone is fit and the entire team is strong, we can achieve some nice things. Hopefully we can show this tomorrow our own fans, but also those who doubt us.”

Micky about the trust of the comeback against AZ in the 16th round …

“We also played a really good game in the first leg against Frankfurt, we created a lot of chances. We have drawn, but that gave us a lot of confidence. It showed us that we could play against this strong Frankfurt team. We have confidence for tomorrow and we want to show what we have done in the first leg, and hopefully we can go into the next round.”

Micky about leadership …

“I want to help the boys, as I always do. This is a very big game, it is the quarter -finals of a European competition. I would like to go into every game in the same way and help the boys to achieve the goal we want to achieve.”

Micky on Eintracht Frankfurt Stürmer, Hugo Ekikte …

“He is a really good player and has a really good goal against us. You can see his quality. Tomorrow it will be me and the players who play next to me will be our job to remove him tomorrow. He is an incredible threat to you, a really good player, we want to eliminate him tomorrow.”

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