How can I dance from a 7-0 loss?
Well, the back-back victories against Chelsea and a terrible 4-0 victory over Southampton is a good way to start numbing seventh wounds accepted in Nottingham Forest.
Brighton’s Thashinging on the city land handed the seagulls their biggest loss for nearly 70 years and a loss of club records on high flight. But it also proved that it was the end of a shameful 11 -game run, where Seagulls only recorded two wins during the festive period.
“Sometimes you just have to forget it and throw that game,” said Joel Veltman, who started the game in Forest, but lost Saturday’s victory over the saints with a leg injury, said Heavenly.
“Fabian Hurzeler’s message to us was just to forget it in the past. Of course, you teach it and get that losing feeling with you to prepare for the next match. That is why our motivation was high in heaven to defeat Chelsea twice. ”
Messages from the coach leader have been paid with Brighton, all of a sudden, seeking to start a challenge on the teams over them.
At the end of November, Hurzeler had his own squad sitting fourth in the Premier League, but a difficult two-month magic saw them falling to the middle table.
During that time, Bournemouth’s likes, Nottingham Forest and Fulham won the plaudits for their form and are among the sides that are reportedly fighting for European points, but there was a feeling among Brighton fans that the first season of Hurzeler at the top was A disappointment.
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Brighton beat chelsea back-back in response to a 7-0 Drubing on Nottingham Forest
However, Brighton is four points away from the fourth place and can move the levels to the Bournemouth points in the fifth when they are waiting for cherries on Tuesday night. However, unlike their opponents, Brighton have flown under radar for their efforts this season.
Brighton’s highest conclusion at a Premier League campaign was the sixth country in 2023 and this won them a place in the European Europa League for the first time in the club’s history.
While in the past, their current position of the ninth country may have been enough for a club that ended up 10 years ago in the 20th place in the championship, fans want more. For Veltman, the growing reception is a reflection of how far the club has developed in the Premier League.
“It’s a little crazy about how football goes,” said Veltman, who seems to lose the Bournemouth game in the middle of reports that he could have been out for several weeks with injuries.
“We ended up in sixth place with Roberto De Zerbi, Ninth with Graham Potter too. Now, we are in a place where you are in the top 10 and then even before the season they are already saying we want European football. If you said the US seven years ago we would fight for European countries, you would probably say no!
“But here we are now and this is where we want to go as well every year. I like expectations to get us at least in the first seven places of European football, because the players want it too.
“We know where we are capable, this is what the craffler is also telling us.
“We’ve had some games where we were not ourselves and yet, we are really close. Our potential is much higher than we are now. Faith is there in the dressing room.”
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Last time, Brighton placed the past four southampton to set an interesting mid -week clash against Bournemouth in the European race
Brighton’s late break in Europe is Hurzeler.
After his appointment, he became much of his age as the youngest manager who received the permanent accusation of a Premier League club. Veltman is one of the five current Brighton players older than his 31-year-old manager, but his appointment only adds to the team he feels for the future.
“To me, he is not a 31-year-old. For me, he is just a coach,” Veltman continued.
“He has that respect for us too. We are excited (we have it here). He always tells us that we must challenge the founding.
“This is his mentality and that is what he brings us. In any training, he continues to say the same things, like running, helping your teammates, do a job one and a half. The excitement is there because we e know what we can achieve with it. “
It is not just the management harassing Veltman, who sees potential within the dressing room that would justify a higher conclusion. Koru Mitoma’s goal against Chelsea during their 3-0 victory caught attention to its execution.
Sports Sky ‘ Jamie Carragher compared the touch and end of the 27-year-old with both Lionel Messi and Dennis Bergkamp. High thanks.
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Koru Mitoma opened the score against Chelsea with an excellent touch and finish
It took Mitoma for some time to settle in the season after his future plunged into uncertainty during the January window with an offer from the Saudi club Al Nassr. Brighton have seen big names to leave in the past for high tariffs, but for the chicken stripping room, keeping the mitoma was a signal of purpose.
“I think Mitoma’s attitude says a lot about the club,” Veltman told Heavenly.
“We’re doing well at the Premier League now. Maybe he wasn’t playing his best way to play before Chelsea, but he was still on the team.
“We know he can create a chance just like him or score a goal just like him. With that confidence he scored that goal against Chelsea. For us, it is really important that he stood . “
From the game team to the coach, the ambition is very much the word word in Amex. The next 12 Brighton matches will decide whether they can turn that ambition into reality.
