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calendar_today03-11-2017 09:53:22

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Hey, Unioner. Don't forget that Nenad's press conference ahead of starts at 13:30. As always you can watch the whole thing live on AFTV, or follow here (in replies) for updates (of a sort).

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Fresh from training Nenad enters, stage left, alongside our MC, Christian Arbeit. They're both in black. As ever Arbeit starts with the bad news - get it out of the way - Jakob Busk, Josip Juranovic, Jerome Roussillon and Yorbe Vertessen are out injured, Robin Gosens and Lucas…

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Nenad starts off by praising Friday's hosts. They are very dangerous, uncomfortable to play against and direct. They deserve to be where they are in the table, he says, but if we play to our best he's confident in Union's chances.

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He is asked first, of course, about his lack of full-backs. He says that Alex Kral could be an option for the right hand side, but won't say anything more concrete than that, and that a decision will soon be made.

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He says that his focus is only on this game. We don't want to make any plans any further than that. He then is drawn back to Jess Thorup's work in Augsburg, and says what a good job he's done. He says, however that, in contrast to the FCA coach, he can't bike to the stadium. His…

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The elephant in the room is addressed, Union's record against Augsburg. He says that it'll be demanding, of course, but all runs have to come to an end, and that he hopes this weekend will prove that.

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We need to score goals, he says, whether that's through Hollerbach or Kaufmann, he doesn't mind. He then talks of last week and the character that his players showed, and that he's sure they can take that morale into the next games.

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He says that he couldn't bring on a replacement for Vertessen last week immediately because it's dangerous to bring someone on who's not properly warmed up. He then talks of Juranovic, how he has the same connection to him as all the other players, but how Trimmel had simply…

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