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'Not taking any risks' - Roberto De Zerbi likely to be without three key players for Bournemouth game
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22/09/2023
Brighton and Hove Albion head coach Roberto De Zerbi held his press conference ahead of the Seagulls Premier League clash with Bournemouth.
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Hello, my name is Frank Yerlit, I am a reporter for Sussex World Online. I'm currently walking
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away from the Brighton-Hove-Albion first team training ground after Roberto de Zerbis just
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spoken to the press ahead of Albion's next game in the Premier League against Bournemouth
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on Sunday. The Seagulls returned to action just three days after they competed in their
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first ever Europa League game against AAK Athens. It was a memorable night at the Amex
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Stadium, a sellout of 32,000 fans and one that many Seagulls supporters will not forget
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for a very long time. Despite this historic occasion, it was not the result that many
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had hoped for or even expected as Brighton ran out 3-2 losers in the game to the Greek
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champions, a late goal in the last 10 minutes to get the three points for the Greek side.
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But despite the disappointing defeat, de Zerbis said after the game and stressed in today's
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press conference that he was happy with the performance and could take many positives
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from the game going ahead into their next game against Bournemouth in the league and
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also in their further Europa League ties against Marseille and Ajax. So, Brighton returned to
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action like I said three days after that game but would be without a number of key players
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as we heard from de Zerbi today. Lewis Dunk and Evan Ferguson, two of Brighton's most
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important players, were unavailable for the game against Athens. Lewis Dunk apparently
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picked up a muscular injury after Brighton's last Premier League game which was a memorable
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3-1 win against Manchester United at Old Trafford. He has yet to recover from that injury and
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is unlikely to be risked for Sunday's game. Evan Ferguson was also unavailable for the
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Athens game. This was due to an illness he likely picked up during the week and hadn't
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recovered from despite hoping to play. He had arrived with the squad at the Amex Stadium
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but had not recovered from that illness and was unavailable. De Zerbis says he is more
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likely to play. Whether he will start or not is yet to be seen. It depends on how quickly
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he recovers from the actual illness but he is more likely to feature within the Manchester
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A squad for the Bournemouth game than the Brighton skipper, Dunk. Elsewhere, James Milner
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who has been playing right back for much of the time, he's been at Brighton since arriving
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in the summer, he came off with what seemed to be a muscular problem in the Athens game
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early in the second half for Tariq Lamptey. De Zerbi said again today that he has to wait
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and see whether the veteran utility man will be available for the game against Bournemouth.
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Pascal Gross, despite playing the full 90 minutes in the Thursday's defeat, also had
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an issue, a muscular issue, so maybe it's certainly a doubt for the game against Bournemouth
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on Sunday. So around five players in total that will be missing for Brighton potentially,
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alongside obviously the long-term injuries of Jeck and Murda and Julio and Cesar who
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have got knee problems. So those two players plus the three that are of doubt means that
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Brighton could be up five players for the trip, just the short trip down the south coast
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to the Vitality Stadium. But despite the disappointing start to their European campaign, Brighton
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go into Sunday's game domestically in very good form. They won four of their first five
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league games, the last of those being that incredible dismantling of Ericton hardside
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at Old Trafford last weekend. So they will hope to continue that great run. A number
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of changes are expected of course, this is their first ever game after competing in a
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European title, so that was their European debut on Thursday. So it is unlikely that
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we will see many of the players that started that game against Athens, so a number of changes
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are expected to be made both in the defensive unit and also in the attacking unit as well.
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For their opponents, Bournemouth have been struggling this season. They haven't won a
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game yet under their new boss Andrea Areola. They stayed up last season through the miraculous
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work of Gary O'Neill. He left in the summer, the club spent more than £110m on new players,
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players like Tyle Adams, Sinisterra both from Leeds and also Alex Scott from Bristol City.
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Those players are all expected to play on Sunday as Bournemouth chase their first victory.
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They were impressive last time out in a 0-0 draw against Chelsea and we hope to see the
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posters from that performance into the Arena's Albion to pick up the three points. You can
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catch all the coverage of the press conference today, of the game on Sunday and also of the
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game last night in which Brighton played their first ever Europa League tie. You can catch
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all the coverage, reactions from the stands as well as from the press box as well on 6x6
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World Online. Keep up to date on our social media pages as well. That's all from me here
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in Falmer. Have a great weekend and enjoy the game on Sunday.
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