Hurzeler is talking about Europe while Brighton hit a hot form

Chief Brighton Fabian Hurzeler has distanced himself from talking to European football ahead of the Premier League action in the middle of the week.

Seaguli climbs on the table after picking up an impressive victory against Southampton on Saturday, and now there are only three points against the sixth-ranked Bournemouth, which they face on Tuesday.

But the German refused to speculate if his side could return to Europe with impressive running until the end of the season.

Speaking in front of the game, he said, “When you win the games, there is always a good atmosphere. We are grateful that it is like this, but it’s hard. We have to keep swing and understand why we have this momentum.

“I never look 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 this point, it’s a game of play and trying to achieve the best performance from players.

“The key thing in this club is developing young players and groups. We had a lot of new signatures when we started. Now these are inner goals where we want to go. We will see what is happening at the end of the season, but it’s too early to talk about reaching Europe . We have to wait for the right time to talk about it. “

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Cherries in the city

Brighton has a huge opportunity to attract the level of points with its European rivals when Bournemouth visit Amex.

Seaguli have a worse goal difference for their opponents, which means that the victory could not raise them to sixth place, depending on other results, but would put them right in mix.

But Andoni Iraila was one of the surprises of the 2024 season to 25, and on their day she can match any Premier League club.

Hurzeler is aware of this and admits that it is difficult to know what to expect from them.

He added: “It’s hard to create a match plan against Bournemouth, but it’s hard to do it for any 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 them and we must be mentally and physically at the highest level to be ready for them.

“But we will be able to do so because we have proven it in recent weeks. We have to keep standards and improve ourselves to be ready for a challenge against Bournemouth.

“Dango Ouattar, Antoine Semenyo and Justin Kluivert are all very fast and athletic. Everyone is very good in the transitions. But we have to try to avoid these transitional moments.”

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Pedro Power

If Brighton wants to win, he will have to rely on the quality of Joao Pedro, who finally returns to form.

The Brazilian deceived the opener against Southampton and would probably nod to go in such an important match again.

Hurzeler said to his striker: “Joao is a player who always has confidence. He knows he can decide a game with one action. He not only has this thinking, but also the quality and skills for it as proved last week.

“It is more important to me how he acts as a team player and proved last week that he was always there for his teammates. It showed me he was really dedicated to this club and wants to be a team player like everyone wants to be.

“I am very happy to have returned to the field and deserves what he gets because of his behavior, his attitude in training and of course, the qualities.”