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Head coach pleased with Albion's performance in 4-0 win over Kauno Zalgiris.

Bruce Talbot

2026-10-15T22:40+01:00

Fabian Hurzeler makes his point during his side's win over Kauno Zalgiris.

Fabian Hurzeler gave his thoughts on the 4-0 win over Kauno Zalgiris at the Amex on Thursday.

On Georginio’s two goals …

It's important that he proves himself and that he proves that if you're good in training and create good habits in training, then the game shows the truth and reflects how you train and which performance you can bring on the pitch.

I think it's very important that you always use every training session to get better. And then to use the match day to show it on the pitch, he's a prime example of that. So hopefully this gives him belief, confidence in his quality and especially in his training sessions because this will be key for us - that every training session is on the highest level for every individual player and for us as a group.

Younes Ibrahim celebrates with Matt O'Riley after the pair combined for Albion's fourth goal. 📷Simon Roe

On the overall performance …

I'm really pleased for Georgi, but in general also for the whole group. We showed a good performance, a very disciplined performance, a performance where we kept a clean sheet and a performance where a lot of players used their opportunities.

And this will be key for the season - that we can really rely on each other, that we have players who step up in the right moment, who step up if we need them. I was very pleased with the performance.

On Zadok Yohanna and Malick Yalcouye addition to the squad …

Because Zadok Yohanna is still in rehab and still needs a little bit of time to adapt to the intensity, to the demands we have. I previously mentioned that some players adapt quicker, some players need more time. With Zadok, we want to give him time. We don't want to rush it.

I think the beginning for him was tough because he played some minutes and he had an issue. He already came with a similar issue, so now it's really about being patient and building him up.

And with Malick, we want to have him in the squad because he's a player we can really use in every game no matter which situation. He's always there. He's very reliable and I think he definitely deserves to be in the squad.