I hope my team is ready, we have been working for this for the past weeks and I'm really excited for the first game. I hope we perform well and get a result.

They are very good in duels in the middle, getting second balls and at set-pieces. They have good wingers and [create] dangerous situations from almost everywhere in our half, so we have to get ready to defend our box well and not let them dictate the game, so we are in control for more time than they are.

I just walked through the corridor and looked at all the pictures of us winning a European trophy and it was incredible what we did. We're going into this season with a great deal of positivity. We have a great feeling and we want to keep it.



Bournemouth have always done well and they have a new approach this season under Andoni Iraola. I think it's always a hard game at Bournemouth, but we had a good win there last year and we hope we can get another one tomorrow.