Lugano eyes treble chance
Posted Thursday, November 05, 2009 by PA
Fenerbahce defender Diego Lugano insists his side should be aiming for a glorious treble this season, by collecting both domestic trophies and the Europa League.
The Turkish side are placed well in the Super Lig, leading the standings with nine wins from 11 outings, and are already two points clear in Group H of the Europa League after three matches, successfully putting an opening day defeat at the hands of FC Twente behind them to record successive away victories.
The first of those was a nailbiting 1-0 win over unfancied FC Sheriff, courtesy of Alex's second-half winner, and that was followed up by an impressive win by the same margin in Bucharest.
The sides meet again in Fenerbahce's Sukru Saracolgu stadium tomorrow night, with the hosts having sealed victory last time out with a solitary goal from the impressive Colin Kazim-Richards.
Now Lugano wants to lay down a marker for a memorable season.
"Our only aim is to win and win and win. I think that is the secret behind our success this season," he said.
"We have three important aims ahead of us: the Turkcell Super Lig, the Turkish Cup and Europa League. Our only aim is to win all of the titles and I don't see any reason why we should fail.
"We had a very impressive start to our Super Lig campaign, with eight victories in the first eight weeks, which is quite a fantastic performance.
"We are now the leaders of the league and I think that is exactly where we have deserved to be. We work really hard and focus on each single match the same way."
Asked about the reasons for his confidence, he said: "We work in harmony. Of course, that does not specifically mean that we do not make any mistakes, because we do.
"But we try to lessen our mistakes by working really hard. We try to improve our skills."
Steaua will be hoping to break an embarrassing duck in the fixture, having drawn a blank in each of their three matches so far.
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