{"id":202697,"date":"2016-03-16T19:49:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T18:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/an-extremely-difficult-game-awaits-us\/"},"modified":"2016-03-16T19:49:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T18:49:44","slug":"an-extremely-difficult-game-awaits-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/en\/an-extremely-difficult-game-awaits-us\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAn extremely difficult game awaits us\u201d"},"content":{"protected":false,"blocks":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg","alt":"ACF FOTOGRAF\u00cdA","width":819,"height":460,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 819w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 1920w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Marcelino believes Bayer Leverkusen will be \u201cintense and come out all guns blazing\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In today\u2019s official Europa League press conference, the Villarreal manager, Marcelino Garc\u00eda Toral, highlighted prior to the Round of 16 second leg against Bayer Leverkusen (Thursday, 7pm CET, BayArena stadium) that despite the goal advantage from the first leg (2-0 in favour of the Yellows), he expects an intense and very difficult match against the Germans. \u201cWe expect our opponents to come out all guns blazing, tirelessly, to close the gap. Bayer is a very intense team. The start of the game will be difficult. It seems impossible to me that we won\u2019t suffer in this tie. Between us and the next round an extremely difficult game awaits us, even though we\u2019re going into it with the upper hand. A knockout tie is 180 minutes long and to get through you have to play both games well. We\u2019ve done half the job and we have to focus now on finishing it off now. In El Madrigal we counteracted Leverkusen\u2019s defence and attack. Our aim is to score a goal which will take us even closer to achieving our objective\u201d."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Furthermore, the manager confirmed that he can\u2019t count on the French goalkeeper Alphonse Areola who misses the game due to a left knee injury. \u201cAreola will be out for this game. The rest of the players are available though, perhaps some are limited but they\u2019re alright to play. Asenjo has been on the team sheet because he\u2019s available. We\u2019ll see who plays in goal from now on\u201d."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The manager also wanted to stress that the team are only focused on the European tie and not the LaLiga fixture against FC Barcelona on Sunday (4pm CET, El Madrigal). \u201cNow we\u2019re focused on the Leverkusen clash, and not at all on the league. We don\u2019t doubt the team and are convinced that we\u2019ll get through to the next round, although we\u2019ll have to suffer\u201d."},{"type":"heading","level":4,"text":"Rukavina: \u201cWe know they\u2019re going to come out strong\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Along with the management team, defender Antonio Rukavina explained that the Yellows must be wary of the German side, who will come out strong. The Serbian believes Bayer will look to score quickly, so a solid defence and looking to break on the counter attack will be the best option for Marcelino\u2019s men: \u201cWe have a good result from the first tie, but we\u2019re going to come up against a really tough opposition who will come out strong to score an early goal. Villarreal won\u2019t go out there just to defend though, we know that we must score a goal to take us even closer to the Quarter-finals. Our counter attack will be our best weapon because they\u2019ll be looking to score quickly and we know we do this really well. We have to defend well first and then look to break from there\u201d."},{"type":"link","url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LkEea1ubPRY","text":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LkEea1ubPRY","target":"_blank"}],"structured":{"summary":{"text":"Marcelino believes Bayer Leverkusen will be \u201cintense and come out all guns blazing\u201d In today\u2019s official Europa League press conference, the Villarreal manager, Marcelino Garc\u00eda Toral, highlighted prior to the Round of 16 second leg against Bayer Leverkusen (Thursday, 7pm CET, BayArena stadium) that despite the goal advantage from the first leg (2-0 in favour of the Yellows), he expects an intense and very difficult match against the Germans. \u201cWe expect our opponents to come out all guns blazing, tirelessly, to close the gap. Bayer is a very intense team. The start of the game will be difficult. It seems impossible to me that we won\u2019t suffer in this tie. Between us and the next round an extremely difficult game awaits us, even though we\u2019re going into it with the upper hand. A knockout tie is 180 minutes long and to get through you have to play both games well. We\u2019ve done half the job and we have to focus now on finishing it off now. In El Madrigal we counteracted Leverkusen\u2019s defence and attack. Our aim is to score a goal which will take us even closer to achieving our objective\u201d. Furthermore, the manager confirmed that he can\u2019t count on the French goalkeeper Alphonse Areola who misses the game due to a left knee injury. \u201cAreola will be out for this game. The rest of the players are available though, perhaps some are limited but they\u2019re alright to play. Asenjo has been on the team sheet because he\u2019s available. We\u2019ll see who plays in goal from now on\u201d. The manager also wanted to stress that the team are only focused on the European tie and not the LaLiga fixture against FC Barcelona on Sunday (4pm CET, El Madrigal). \u201cNow we\u2019re focused on the Leverkusen clash, and not at all on the league. We don\u2019t doubt the team and are convinced that we\u2019ll get through to the next round, although we\u2019ll have to suffer\u201d. Rukavina: \u201cWe know they\u2019re going to come out strong\u201d Along with the management team, defender Antonio Rukavina explained that the Yellows must be wary of the German side, who will come out strong. The Serbian believes Bayer will look to score quickly, so a solid defence and looking to break on the counter attack will be the best option for Marcelino\u2019s men: \u201cWe have a good result from the first tie, but we\u2019re going to come up against a really tough opposition who will come out strong to score an early goal. Villarreal won\u2019t go out there just to defend though, we know that we must score a goal to take us even closer to the Quarter-finals. Our counter attack will be our best weapon because they\u2019ll be looking to score quickly and we know we do this really well. 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Bayer is a very intense team. The start of the game will be difficult. It seems impossible to me that we won\u2019t suffer in this tie. Between us and the next round an extremely difficult game awaits us, even though we\u2019re going into it with the upper hand. A knockout tie is 180 minutes long and to get through you have to play both games well. We\u2019ve done half the job and we have to focus now on finishing it off now. In El Madrigal we counteracted Leverkusen\u2019s defence and attack. Our aim is to score a goal which will take us even closer to achieving our objective\u201d. Furthermore, the manager confirmed that he can\u2019t count on the French goalkeeper Alphonse Areola who misses the game due to a left knee injury. \u201cAreola will be out for this game. The rest of the players are available though, perhaps some are limited but they\u2019re alright to play. Asenjo has been on the team sheet because he\u2019s available. We\u2019ll see who plays in goal from now on\u201d. The manager also wanted to stress that the team are only focused on the European tie and not the LaLiga fixture against FC Barcelona on Sunday (4pm CET, El Madrigal). \u201cNow we\u2019re focused on the Leverkusen clash, and not at all on the league. We don\u2019t doubt the team and are convinced that we\u2019ll get through to the next round, although we\u2019ll have to suffer\u201d.","headings":[],"texts":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Marcelino believes Bayer Leverkusen will be \u201cintense and come out all guns blazing\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In today\u2019s official Europa League press conference, the Villarreal manager, Marcelino Garc\u00eda Toral, highlighted prior to the Round of 16 second leg against Bayer Leverkusen (Thursday, 7pm CET, BayArena stadium) that despite the goal advantage from the first leg (2-0 in favour of the Yellows), he expects an intense and very difficult match against the Germans. \u201cWe expect our opponents to come out all guns blazing, tirelessly, to close the gap. Bayer is a very intense team. The start of the game will be difficult. It seems impossible to me that we won\u2019t suffer in this tie. Between us and the next round an extremely difficult game awaits us, even though we\u2019re going into it with the upper hand. A knockout tie is 180 minutes long and to get through you have to play both games well. We\u2019ve done half the job and we have to focus now on finishing it off now. In El Madrigal we counteracted Leverkusen\u2019s defence and attack. Our aim is to score a goal which will take us even closer to achieving our objective\u201d."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Furthermore, the manager confirmed that he can\u2019t count on the French goalkeeper Alphonse Areola who misses the game due to a left knee injury. \u201cAreola will be out for this game. The rest of the players are available though, perhaps some are limited but they\u2019re alright to play. Asenjo has been on the team sheet because he\u2019s available. We\u2019ll see who plays in goal from now on\u201d."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The manager also wanted to stress that the team are only focused on the European tie and not the LaLiga fixture against FC Barcelona on Sunday (4pm CET, El Madrigal). \u201cNow we\u2019re focused on the Leverkusen clash, and not at all on the league. We don\u2019t doubt the team and are convinced that we\u2019ll get through to the next round, although we\u2019ll have to suffer\u201d."}],"buttons":[],"images":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg","alt":"ACF FOTOGRAF\u00cdA","width":819,"height":460,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 819w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 1920w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px"}],"widgets":[],"blocks":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg","alt":"ACF FOTOGRAF\u00cdA","width":819,"height":460,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 819w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 1920w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Marcelino believes Bayer Leverkusen will be \u201cintense and come out all guns blazing\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In today\u2019s official Europa League press conference, the Villarreal manager, Marcelino Garc\u00eda Toral, highlighted prior to the Round of 16 second leg against Bayer Leverkusen (Thursday, 7pm CET, BayArena stadium) that despite the goal advantage from the first leg (2-0 in favour of the Yellows), he expects an intense and very difficult match against the Germans. \u201cWe expect our opponents to come out all guns blazing, tirelessly, to close the gap. Bayer is a very intense team. The start of the game will be difficult. It seems impossible to me that we won\u2019t suffer in this tie. Between us and the next round an extremely difficult game awaits us, even though we\u2019re going into it with the upper hand. A knockout tie is 180 minutes long and to get through you have to play both games well. We\u2019ve done half the job and we have to focus now on finishing it off now. In El Madrigal we counteracted Leverkusen\u2019s defence and attack. Our aim is to score a goal which will take us even closer to achieving our objective\u201d."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Furthermore, the manager confirmed that he can\u2019t count on the French goalkeeper Alphonse Areola who misses the game due to a left knee injury. \u201cAreola will be out for this game. The rest of the players are available though, perhaps some are limited but they\u2019re alright to play. Asenjo has been on the team sheet because he\u2019s available. We\u2019ll see who plays in goal from now on\u201d."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The manager also wanted to stress that the team are only focused on the European tie and not the LaLiga fixture against FC Barcelona on Sunday (4pm CET, El Madrigal). \u201cNow we\u2019re focused on the Leverkusen clash, and not at all on the league. We don\u2019t doubt the team and are convinced that we\u2019ll get through to the next round, although we\u2019ll have to suffer\u201d."}]},{"id":"section-2","title":"Rukavina: \u201cWe know they\u2019re going to come out strong\u201d","text":"Rukavina: \u201cWe know they\u2019re going to come out strong\u201d Along with the management team, defender Antonio Rukavina explained that the Yellows must be wary of the German side, who will come out strong. The Serbian believes Bayer will look to score quickly, so a solid defence and looking to break on the counter attack will be the best option for Marcelino\u2019s men: \u201cWe have a good result from the first tie, but we\u2019re going to come up against a really tough opposition who will come out strong to score an early goal. Villarreal won\u2019t go out there just to defend though, we know that we must score a goal to take us even closer to the Quarter-finals. Our counter attack will be our best weapon because they\u2019ll be looking to score quickly and we know we do this really well. We have to defend well first and then look to break from there\u201d.","headings":[{"type":"heading","level":4,"text":"Rukavina: \u201cWe know they\u2019re going to come out strong\u201d"}],"texts":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Along with the management team, defender Antonio Rukavina explained that the Yellows must be wary of the German side, who will come out strong. 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We have to defend well first and then look to break from there\u201d."},{"type":"link","url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LkEea1ubPRY","text":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LkEea1ubPRY","target":"_blank"}]}],"hero":{"id":"section-1","title":"","text":"Marcelino believes Bayer Leverkusen will be \u201cintense and come out all guns blazing\u201d In today\u2019s official Europa League press conference, the Villarreal manager, Marcelino Garc\u00eda Toral, highlighted prior to the Round of 16 second leg against Bayer Leverkusen (Thursday, 7pm CET, BayArena stadium) that despite the goal advantage from the first leg (2-0 in favour of the Yellows), he expects an intense and very difficult match against the Germans. \u201cWe expect our opponents to come out all guns blazing, tirelessly, to close the gap. Bayer is a very intense team. The start of the game will be difficult. It seems impossible to me that we won\u2019t suffer in this tie. Between us and the next round an extremely difficult game awaits us, even though we\u2019re going into it with the upper hand. A knockout tie is 180 minutes long and to get through you have to play both games well. We\u2019ve done half the job and we have to focus now on finishing it off now. In El Madrigal we counteracted Leverkusen\u2019s defence and attack. Our aim is to score a goal which will take us even closer to achieving our objective\u201d. Furthermore, the manager confirmed that he can\u2019t count on the French goalkeeper Alphonse Areola who misses the game due to a left knee injury. \u201cAreola will be out for this game. The rest of the players are available though, perhaps some are limited but they\u2019re alright to play. Asenjo has been on the team sheet because he\u2019s available. We\u2019ll see who plays in goal from now on\u201d. The manager also wanted to stress that the team are only focused on the European tie and not the LaLiga fixture against FC Barcelona on Sunday (4pm CET, El Madrigal). \u201cNow we\u2019re focused on the Leverkusen clash, and not at all on the league. We don\u2019t doubt the team and are convinced that we\u2019ll get through to the next round, although we\u2019ll have to suffer\u201d.","headings":[],"texts":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Marcelino believes Bayer Leverkusen will be \u201cintense and come out all guns blazing\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In today\u2019s official Europa League press conference, the Villarreal manager, Marcelino Garc\u00eda Toral, highlighted prior to the Round of 16 second leg against Bayer Leverkusen (Thursday, 7pm CET, BayArena stadium) that despite the goal advantage from the first leg (2-0 in favour of the Yellows), he expects an intense and very difficult match against the Germans. \u201cWe expect our opponents to come out all guns blazing, tirelessly, to close the gap. Bayer is a very intense team. The start of the game will be difficult. It seems impossible to me that we won\u2019t suffer in this tie. Between us and the next round an extremely difficult game awaits us, even though we\u2019re going into it with the upper hand. A knockout tie is 180 minutes long and to get through you have to play both games well. We\u2019ve done half the job and we have to focus now on finishing it off now. In El Madrigal we counteracted Leverkusen\u2019s defence and attack. Our aim is to score a goal which will take us even closer to achieving our objective\u201d."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Furthermore, the manager confirmed that he can\u2019t count on the French goalkeeper Alphonse Areola who misses the game due to a left knee injury. \u201cAreola will be out for this game. The rest of the players are available though, perhaps some are limited but they\u2019re alright to play. Asenjo has been on the team sheet because he\u2019s available. We\u2019ll see who plays in goal from now on\u201d."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The manager also wanted to stress that the team are only focused on the European tie and not the LaLiga fixture against FC Barcelona on Sunday (4pm CET, El Madrigal). \u201cNow we\u2019re focused on the Leverkusen clash, and not at all on the league. 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Bayer is a very intense team. The start of the game will be difficult. It seems impossible to me that we won\u2019t suffer in this tie. Between us and the next round an extremely difficult game awaits us, even though we\u2019re going into it with the upper hand. A knockout tie is 180 minutes long and to get through you have to play both games well. We\u2019ve done half the job and we have to focus now on finishing it off now. In El Madrigal we counteracted Leverkusen\u2019s defence and attack. Our aim is to score a goal which will take us even closer to achieving our objective\u201d."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Furthermore, the manager confirmed that he can\u2019t count on the French goalkeeper Alphonse Areola who misses the game due to a left knee injury. \u201cAreola will be out for this game. The rest of the players are available though, perhaps some are limited but they\u2019re alright to play. Asenjo has been on the team sheet because he\u2019s available. We\u2019ll see who plays in goal from now on\u201d."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The manager also wanted to stress that the team are only focused on the European tie and not the LaLiga fixture against FC Barcelona on Sunday (4pm CET, El Madrigal). \u201cNow we\u2019re focused on the Leverkusen clash, and not at all on the league. We don\u2019t doubt the team and are convinced that we\u2019ll get through to the next round, although we\u2019ll have to suffer\u201d."}]}},"sections":[{"id":"section-1","title":"","text":"Marcelino believes Bayer Leverkusen will be \u201cintense and come out all guns blazing\u201d In today\u2019s official Europa League press conference, the Villarreal manager, Marcelino Garc\u00eda Toral, highlighted prior to the Round of 16 second leg against Bayer Leverkusen (Thursday, 7pm CET, BayArena stadium) that despite the goal advantage from the first leg (2-0 in favour of the Yellows), he expects an intense and very difficult match against the Germans. \u201cWe expect our opponents to come out all guns blazing, tirelessly, to close the gap. Bayer is a very intense team. The start of the game will be difficult. It seems impossible to me that we won\u2019t suffer in this tie. Between us and the next round an extremely difficult game awaits us, even though we\u2019re going into it with the upper hand. A knockout tie is 180 minutes long and to get through you have to play both games well. We\u2019ve done half the job and we have to focus now on finishing it off now. In El Madrigal we counteracted Leverkusen\u2019s defence and attack. Our aim is to score a goal which will take us even closer to achieving our objective\u201d. Furthermore, the manager confirmed that he can\u2019t count on the French goalkeeper Alphonse Areola who misses the game due to a left knee injury. \u201cAreola will be out for this game. The rest of the players are available though, perhaps some are limited but they\u2019re alright to play. Asenjo has been on the team sheet because he\u2019s available. We\u2019ll see who plays in goal from now on\u201d. The manager also wanted to stress that the team are only focused on the European tie and not the LaLiga fixture against FC Barcelona on Sunday (4pm CET, El Madrigal). \u201cNow we\u2019re focused on the Leverkusen clash, and not at all on the league. We don\u2019t doubt the team and are convinced that we\u2019ll get through to the next round, although we\u2019ll have to suffer\u201d.","url":"","background_image":"","images":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg","alt":"ACF FOTOGRAF\u00cdA","width":819,"height":460,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 819w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b76bac240a9b2d33b19630663958d516.jpg 1920w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px"}],"videos":[],"links":[]},{"id":"section-2","title":"Rukavina: \u201cWe know they\u2019re going to come out strong\u201d","text":"Rukavina: \u201cWe know they\u2019re going to come out strong\u201d Along with the management team, defender Antonio Rukavina explained that the Yellows must be wary of the German side, who will come out strong. The Serbian believes Bayer will look to score quickly, so a solid defence and looking to break on the counter attack will be the best option for Marcelino\u2019s men: \u201cWe have a good result from the first tie, but we\u2019re going to come up against a really tough opposition who will come out strong to score an early goal. Villarreal won\u2019t go out there just to defend though, we know that we must score a goal to take us even closer to the Quarter-finals. Our counter attack will be our best weapon because they\u2019ll be looking to score quickly and we know we do this really well. 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