Konsa warned before facing Dibu: «No friends» | OneFootball

Ezri Konsa will face Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez again, his Aston Villa teammate, although he made it clear that friendship will be put aside for the 90 minutes.

“I haven’t spoken to him. I’m sure it’ll be nice to see him again tomorrow after a long time, but once we step onto the pitch, there are no friends,” the England defender said ahead of the match.

He also called for the history surrounding the rivalry to be left behind and said the squad is focused only on football. “We have to focus on ourselves, forget the history behind this and go out there and give our best,” he said.

Lastly, he also took the opportunity to deny reports of supposed internal tensions within the squad managed by Thomas Tuchel. “We have a great group, there were no problems. There’s always outside noise, but our mentality was one of the keys throughout the whole tournament,” he concluded.

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