VIDEO SHOWS: NEWS CONFERENCE WITH FC COPENHAGEN COACH JACOB NEESTRUP RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 3, 2025) (UEFA - This content can only be used in the reporting of the UEFA Champions League 2025/2026 season – no other use allowed. No commercial use. Must on-screen courtesy " UEFA 2025" or " UEFA 2026". No resales. No sublicensing. No monetisation.) 1. FC COPENHAGEN COACH, JACOB NEESTRUP, ENTERING NEWS CONFERENCE 2. (SOUNDBITE) (Danish) FC COPENHAGEN COACH, JACOB NEESTRUP, ON IF HE FEARS A MATCH AGAINST A TEAM CURRENTLY IN SIXTH PLACE IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE, SAYING (ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL TRANSLATION): “Nope, I don’t fear the game. Why would I? We’ve got good experience playing Premier League teams. We played Chelsea, (Manchester) United, (Manchester) City, and we’re doing well. We had a tough time against City when they were at the best version of themselves. But we’re so looking forward to tomorrow and it’s going to be a good game.” 3. WHITE FLASH 4. (SOUNDBITE) (Danish) FC COPENHAGEN COACH, JACOB NEESTRUP, ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH TOTTENHAM COACH, THOMAS FRANK, SAYING (ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL TRANSLATION): “I have lots of respect for Thomas (Frank). And we meet lots of really good teams, and everything Champions League is a little higher than in our home league. And that’s how it is. I don’t think we do not have a chance. We are meeting a good team, but we should create some chances and we will definitely try to take them.” 5. WHITE FLASH 6. (SOUNDBITE) (Danish) FC COPENHAGEN COACH, JACOB NEESTRUP, ON GABRIEL PEREIRA AND VIKTOR CLAESSON, SAYING (ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL TRANSLATION): “They’re coming later today. So, they will have an extra training session and will be tested again for infection numbers. And they won’t infect anybody. They will be here in a few hours.” 7. WHITE FLASH 8. (SOUNDBITE) (Danish ) FC COPENHAGEN COACH, JACOB NEESTRUP, ON DANISH COACHES IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, SAYING (ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL TRANSLATION): “I have colleagues who are a bit older than me who have a lot more experience and they’re doing a super job. They have a lot more experience. And those two you mentioned, and others, they’re opening the door for everybody else. Those names you're mentioning might be the two biggest Danish coaches, and they’re doing really, really well. Danish coaches today are really good. So a young lad, like myself, can actually get the chance to become head gaffer at the biggest club in Scandinavia. And that’s obviously happening because I’m good, but it might be a bit easier because other people have opened the door for this.” 9. END OF NEWS CONFERENCE STORY: Copenhagen coach Jacob Neestrup said he had nothing to fear as his side prepare to face Tottenham Hotspur, who are currently sixth in the Premier League, in the Champions League on Tuesday (November 4). “I don’t fear the game. Why would I? We’ve got good experience playing Premier League teams. We played Chelsea, United, City, and we’re doing well. “We’re so looking forward to tomorrow and it’s going to be a good game,” Neestrup said at a news conference on Monday (November 3). Tottenham are currently 15th in the 36-team Champions League table with five points from three games while Copenhagen sit 32nd, with just a single point. Neestrup also said he had nothing but respect for Tottenham coach Thomas Frank, a fellow Dane who he said helped pave the way for him and other Danish coaches. (Production: Kurt Michael Hall) (The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)
