Christian Gross Feels Stuttgart Deserve To Progress In Europa League

The Bundesliga side escaped against Slovan Bratislava on Thursday...

By Stefan Coerts

Bundesliga: VfB Stuttgart
Slovan Bratislava caused Stuttgart all kinds of trouble in Thursday's Europa League play-off tie and the Slovaks appeared to be on their way to the group stage. However, a red card turned the match around and Stuttgart eventually managed to restore parity, thus winning the tie 3-2 on aggregate.

Despite the Schwaben's disappointing performance, head coach Christian Gross was delighted with the final result and the Swiss coach emphasized that Stuttgart deserved to progress.

"I'm really delighted for the club, the players and the fans that we have progressed," said Gross on the club's official website. " It was a very physical game, although we defended poorly from the set-piece which led to the 0-1.

"We then came out after the break determinedly, only to suffer further set-back. The team showed great moral after the 0-2. In the end we deserved to progress."

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