Brann coach Martin Ho gave clear answers ahead of Thursday’s big game against Barcelona in the Champions League.
Thursday 28 March at 17:11
The short version
- Brann coach Martin Ho and player Cecilie Redisch Kvamme met the press before the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona.
- The starting point is 2-1 to Barcelona from the first game in Bergen.
- She responds to criticism about predictability and says Brann was surprised in the first match
- Thursday’s match will be played at Camp Nou with around a thousand Bergens present to support Brann
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– We must be relentless with the opportunities, says Brann coach Martin Ho.
Together with Cecilie Redisch Kvamme, Ho met the press in the Spanish metropolis. On Maundy Thursday evening, the Brann women play a return match against the reigning Champions League champion at Camp Nou. It is reported that up to a thousand people from Bergen have made their way to Barcelona at Easter to watch the decisive quarter-final.
The starting point is 2–1 to Barcelona after the match in Bergen.
– I’m nervous, but I am before every game. We show that we respect them, but we are not afraid of them. We are looking forward to it, especially because of the result we got last time, says Kvamme, who scored in the previous game.
Brann coach Martin Ho was asked what he thinks about the criticism he received from the Barcelona coaching staff led by Jonatan Costas after the last game. The opponent thought Brann played predictably.
– I think we surprised them in the first game, but that’s a big compliment. It shows that we are consistent in our style, and what we believe is our chance, that we play the way we want to play, says Ho to the Norwegian press in Barcelona before the return.
– But we have some surprises up our sleeve, which we can use, he adds with a smile.
Barcelona has two Norwegian players, Caroline Graham Hansen and Ingrid Syrstad Engen, both played against Brann at Åsane Stadium in the first match. Cecilie Redisch Kvamme is looking forward to hearing the support from the people of Bergen in the stands on Thursday.
– They mean the world to us. People from Bergen are a bit crazy, you will hear them, says Kvamme before the match.
