Benitez steps into the unknown
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez admits he knows little about his side’s opponents in tonight’s Champions League qualifier, but is confident of getting a positive result.
FBK Kaunas, the Lithuanian champions, are halfway through their league programme – 15 points behind the leaders – and could have the edge on the European champions in the fitness stakes.
Benitez’s 25-man squad arrived yesterday straight from their Swiss training camp knowing they must not slip up in the second qualifying round first-leg clash.
Benitez said: “When you play against teams you know little about, we have only one video and one report, the most important thing is your own team. You just think about yourselves, how to improve, how to make things better.
“We do not know much about them, so we have to conentrate on our game. It was the same against TNS in the last round. If we work on our own play it will work out fine.
“You must work on your weak points and how to be better. I think our team is playing well in pre-season, we are scoring many goals and in the official games we have kept two clean sheets.”
