- Title: German hosts Leverkusen determined to beat AS Monaco in Champions League match
- Date: 6th December 2016
- Summary: LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY (DECEMBER 6, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF NEWS CONFERENCE WITH ROGER SCHMIDT, BAYER LEVERKUSEN COACH (SOUNDBITE) (German) BAYER LEVERKUSEN COACH, ROGER SCHMIDT, SAYING: "This is the fourth time we are playing against them since I have been here. Three times we lost very unfortunately, one was a very unfortunate tie. So we will of course try to turn things around tomorrow and then beat them at home. This is obviously an incentive to make it through this group phase unbeaten." VARIOUS OF NEWS CONFERENCE WIDE OF PITCH AS LEVERKUSEN TRAINS FORWARD STEFAN KIESLING PLAYERS PASSING BALL SCHMIDT STRETCHING JONATHAN TAH LOOKING ON HAKAN CALHANOGLU KICKING BALL WIDE OF PITCH JULIAN BRANDT CATCHING BALL, WALKING OUT OF PICTURE VARIOUS OF SCHMIDT TALKING TO PLAYERS WIDE OF PITCH VARIOUS OF NEWS CONFERENCE WITH LEONARDO JARDIM, AS MONACO COACH (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) AS MONACO COACH, LEONARDO JARDIM, SAYING (ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL GERMAN TRANSLATION) (ASKED: SINCE TOMORROW'S GAME IS ALMOST A FRIENDLY, COULD YOU REVEAL THE LINE-UP?): "No, I don't think at all that this is a friendly. We are playing in the Champions League and the fact that tomorrow's game might look like a friendly is the reward for both teams which have already clearly qualified during the first five games. So this is a Champions League game." CAMERAMAN FILMING WIDE OF PODIUM VARIOUS OF AS MONACO TRAINING
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- Keywords: Germany soccer Leverkusen Monaca champions league
- Location: LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY
- City: LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
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- Story Text: Despite both teams having already qualified for the knockout stage Bayer Leverkusen will make every effort in Wednesday's (December 7) Champions League match against AS Monaco to beat their guests, coach Roger Schmidt said.
Speaking at a news conference ahead of the game, Schmidt told reporters that this was his fourth game against Monaco since he became Leverkusen's coach and he was looking to put the record straight after some tough defeats.
"Three times we lost very unfortunately, one was a very unfortunate tie. So we will of course try to turn things around tomorrow and then beat them at home. This is obviously an incentive to make it through this group phase unbeaten."
AS Monaco's Portuguese coach Leonardo Jardim made clear this was not about making any gifts.
Asked to reveal his line-up since "tomorrow's game is almost a friendly," Jardim said "no, I don't think at all that this is a friendly."
"We are playing in the Champions League and the fact that tomorrow's game might look like a friendly is the reward for both teams which have already clearly qualified during the first five games. So this is a Champions League game," Jardim said.
Leverkusen receive their guests at BayArena at 8:45 p.m. (1945 GMT) on Wednesday (December 7). - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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