"The boss always speaks about us getting them behind us," said Konsa. "When things aren't going well, it's important the fans stay with us. You can see, at times, they get a bit frustrated with some of our players. We have to be able to deal with that. I try to stay positive as much as possible. Last season we went through a blip but, at that point, we were scoring goals. It just felt a bit different. Now we ain't scoring as much, it just feels a bit low."
"It is helping in the same direction, so hopefully, we can do it this week and move forward - and take these nonsense questions and narratives away from our daily [lives]. "I am a person who thinks a lot before saying anything. I say this because I believe that things can improve, but now is a moment to ignore the noise and focus on what I have to do. My job is clear."
Outside people don't know anything. That's the type of person he is. That doesn't mean that he's not a great manager. When we were winning, everybody was on our side, now it's like all the fans are against us and all that. I don't get it. We're here and we know what's going on, we know what we're feeling, we know what we're working for, but fans are going to be fans, we can't do nothing about it.
"It's a massive lesson for us, I think it's priceless. I think it was an amazing tournament to realize in the way that we wanted to grow...but it's also a night that is a very, very painful night, because when you lose a trophy, or you lose a game, it's really, really painful. But the most important thing is to have our heads up."
Sporting success is the foundation. This naturally creates a better feeling among the people in the country, and the connection between fans and team is positively charged.
