— Our match vs. Atletico a chance to qualify directly for the next round, but luckily Porto also drew, and because of that if we win our match against Austria we will qualify. It was important not to lose [to Atletico], but we went for the victory, and I think you could see that from the start. They took the lead and after that it became difficult for us, but luckily we were able to equalise. Now we have everything in our own hands and the return match against Austria is the most important match of the season.
— It is a very exciting battle for second place. It was clear from the first match that Atletico would win this group, and that the other three would be fighting for second place. Now we have a one-point lead and we have it all in our own hands, but we will have to fight until the bitter end. We are motivated because we did not manage to qualify last season. I think we gave it away, we gave away points. It is in our own hands now. It would be a shame if we give it away again. We have to give 100% for one more game and then we should be able to achieve it.
— I do not think that we have showed our full strength, because I think we certainly could have won one of the three home matches. I think we dropped a lot of points there, and we could have qualified some time ago. But we have not been lucky at home, and luckily for us Porto have also dropped points. Because of that we still have a chance to get to the next round.
First we will look at our match against Austria and then we can think about the stage ahead. From the last 16 on you only have top teams, but anything is possible in football. We have a strong team, so we have to believe in our chances. But I think the next match is the most important.
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