Brighton’s boss, Fabian Hurzeler, has moved away from his talks to secure European football before the action of Premier League in the middle of the week.
The Seagulls climb the table after winning an impressive victory against Southampton on Saturday and now rest only three points against Bournemouth, sixth, who confronted on Tuesday.
But the German refused to speculate on the question of whether his team could return to Europe with an impressive race until the end of the season.
Speaking before the match, he said: “When you win matches, there is always a good atmosphere. We are grateful that it is like that, but it is a difficult job. We have to keep the momentum and understand why we have this momentum.
“I never look too much at the table. You can only influence the way you play. At the end of the season, you can watch the table. But for the moment, it’s the game by play and try to withdraw the best performances from the players.
“Most of this club is to develop young players and the group. We have had a lot of new signatures when we started. It is now a question of having internal goals on the place where we want to go. We will see what is happening at the end of the season, but it is too early to talk about reaching Europe. We have to wait for the right time to talk about it. »»
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Cherries in town
Brighton has a massive opportunity to shoot levels with their European rivals when Bournemouth visits the Amex.
Seagulls have a worst difference in goals for their opponents, which means that a victory could not raise them in sixth according to other results, but that would put them in the mixture.
But Andoni Iraola’s team was one of the surprises of the season in 2024-25 and, in his day, can match any Premier League club.
Hurzeler is aware of this and admits that it is difficult to know what to expect from them.
He added: “It is difficult to create a match plan against Bournemouth, but it is difficult to do it for one of the clubs of the League. Bournemouth is very clear in the style they play.
“They are very intense. It will be a challenge for us to compete with them and we must be mentally and physically at the highest level to be ready for them.
“But we can do it because we have proven it in recent weeks. We must meet the standards and improve to be ready for the challenge against Bournemouth.
“Dango Ouattara, Antoine Semenyo and Justin Kluivert are all very fast and athletic. They are all very good in the transitions. But we must try to avoid these moments of transition. »»
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Power Power
If Brighton must win, they will have to count on the quality of Joao Pedro, who finally returns in good shape.
The Brazilian allowed the opener against Southampton and will probably get the wink to start again in such an important match.
Hurzeler said about his attacker: “Joao is a player who always has self -confidence. He knows that he can decide the game with a single action. He has not only this thought, but also the quality and skills to do it as he proved last week.
“It is more important for me to see how he behaves as a team player and he proved last week that he was still there for his teammates. It showed me that he is really engaged in this club and wants to be the team player that everyone wants him to be.
“I am very happy that he returned to the field and deserves what he gets because of his behavior, his attitude in training and of course his quality.”
