“Playing football has not been at front of our minds this week. But for this weekend, and all the matches thereafter, we play to honor a man who did so much for our club. The result is not important,but our desire, our actions to give our best on the pitch to honor our chairman, is the most important thing. I’m confident after I saw my players at training that they can give their best.”

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