Leverkusen coach: Haaland is one of the best strikers in the world and Echeverry is ready

In the fifth round of the Champions League tomorrow morning, Leverkusen will challenge Manchester City away from home. Leverkusen coach Casper Jurman attended the pre-match press conference.

You will challenge one of the strongest teams in Europe away from home.

This is a Champions League match. We love challenges like this, there's nothing better than this. We are very much looking forward to tomorrow's game!

How will you respond to this game?

We hope to find our own rhythm of the game, maintain positive tactics, and always strive to create opportunities when we have possession of the ball. It's going to take a lot of effort, but we're ready.

Haaland has played 20 times for Manchester City this season and scored an astonishing 22 goals. How will Leverkusen defend him?

Haaland is undoubtedly one of the best forwards in the world, and we obviously analyzed him in depth, but you can't completely guard a star of this level in the game. But for us, it’s more about the team as a whole rather than any individual player. The organization of the Manchester City team is excellent, especially in attack.

Leverkusen has many players absent from this game, including Tapsoba and Andrich being suspended. You have drafted multiple U19 players into the squad for this game

We always only focus on those players we can use. It is the same in all games. Our focus is on the players who can play. In my opinion, even though we have some players missing, we will put a good team on the field tomorrow and have good substitutes on the bench. We have confidence in every player.

Echeverry was loaned to Bayer Leverkusen by Manchester City this season, but he had not had many chances to play before. Can he play an important role in this game?

Of course, in my mind Echeverri will play an important role in tomorrow's game. Overall, he has played more minutes in the Champions League this season (2 starts and 2 substitutes, a total of 135 minutes). He is totally ready for tomorrow!