Once again, Swansea City are favourites in their Europa League tie according to their opposition’s manager, Petrolul Ploiesti boss Cosmin Contra.
Malmo’s manager – who suffered a 4-0 aggregate scoreline against the Swans in the previous round, also said that the Premier League outfit were ‘strong favourites’ against his Swedish team.
He was proved right, after the heavy 4-0 scoreline in the home leg, but Swansea City will be wary of going up against a team they know nothing about.
Petrolul manager Cosmin Contra, who played with Pablo Hernandez under Michael Laudrup at Getafe said:
“They are the clear favourites,”
“Swansea is a team that have a lot of good players and a great manager.
“They also play in the Premier League and won a trophy last season. But when I look at Swansea I see good football and it will be hard for us.
“They are not a traditional English team – they play more like Spain. I played for West Brom for six months and there were a lot of long balls.
“But we have come here to play football and try to get back to Romania with a good result to try and give us a chance of qualifying for the next round.”
“I also know the Swansea players who played in Spain. I also played with (Pablo) Hernandez when he was with me at Getafe.
“I have also watched a lot of their matches, they are a very good side and will be looking to bounce back after the defeat to Manchester United.”
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