Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler has distanced himself from discussions about securing European football from the Mid -Week Premier League campaign.
The seagulls climb the table after having won an impressive victory against Southampton on Saturday, and are now only three points against the sixth Bournemouth, which they face on Tuesday.
But the German refused to speculate whether his team could return to Europe with an impressive run by the end of the season.
Before the game, he said: “If you win games, there is always a good atmosphere. We are grateful that it is so, but it’s hard work. We have to keep the momentum and understand why we have this swing.
“I never see too much at the table. You can only influence how you play. At the end of the season you can watch the table. But at the moment it’s Game by Game and trying to get the best performance out of the players.
“The most important thing in this club is the development of young players and the group. We had many new obligations when we started. Now it’s about having internal goals where we want to go. We will see what happens at the end of the season, but it is too early to talk about reaching Europe. We have to wait for the right moment to talk about it. “
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Cherries in the city
Brighton has a massive opportunity to draw on points with their European rivals when Bournemouth visits the Amex.
The seagulls have a worse target difference for their opponents, which means that a victory could not increase them to sixth place depending on the other results, but it would bring them directly into the mix.
But the team of Andoni Iraola was one of the surprises of the season in 2024-25 and can correspond to every Premier League club on their day.
Hurzeler is aware of this and admits that it is difficult to expect from you.
He added: “It is difficult to create a schedule against Bournemouth, but it is difficult to do this for one of the league clubs. Bournemouth is very clear in the style they play.
“They are very intense. It will be a challenge for us to compete against you, and we have to be mentally and physically at the highest level to be ready for you.
“But we will be able to do it because we have proven it in the past few weeks. We have to keep the standards and improve to have prepared the challenge against Bournemouth.
“Dango Ouattara, Antoine Semenyo and Justin Kluivert are all very quick and sporty. They are all very good in transitions. But we have to try to avoid these transition moments. “
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Pedro
If Brighton is supposed to win, you have to rely on the quality of Joao Pedro, who finally gets back in shape.
The Brazilian achieved the prelude to Southampton and will probably get the nod to start again in such an important game.
Hurzeler said about his striker: “Joao is a player who always has confidence. He knows that he can decide the game with an action. He not only has this thinking, but also the quality and skills to do this, as he demonstrated last week.
“It is more important for me how he behaves as a team player and he demonstrated last week that he was always there for his teammates. It showed me that he really wants to be committed to this club and want to be the team player that everyone wants to be.
“I am very happy that he came back to the field and deserves what he gets because of his behavior, his attitude in training and of course his quality.”
