Baines: We don’t want to look too far ahead in the Europa League
Everton left-back Leighton Baines isn’t getting his hopes up too much about winning the Europa League and says that his side have to focus on getting out the group stages first.
Winning the Europa League this season provides a way into the Champions League with the winners Guaranteed entry, but Baines is focussed on the glamourous games they will get if they get out the group.
“It’s a really long competition so you don’t want to look too far ahead.
“But we are excited about where we are at at the moment.
“We will look to consolidate our position with a good result against Lille, and there are going to be some really exciting ties if we can get out of this group. So that is the focus at the moment.
“I think we may be better-equipped this time with the strength in depth we have got.
“We’re also probably in a tougher group than before in terms of the standard of the teams.
“So, with that in mind, we have gotten ourselves into a good position, and we have two of the last three games at Goodison, where we will expect to win.”
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