Linfield boss David Healy orders players to 'up the ante' ahead of European date with Zurich

David Healy has told his players they will have to up the ante if they are to overturn a 2-0 deficit in Thursday night’s Europa League third round clash in Switzerland.

Even though the Linfield boss made a staggering ELEVEN chances to the team that lost 2-0 at home to FC Zurich last week, he was far from happy with the performance in Saturday’s White Ribbon Charity Shield decider against Crusaders at Windsor Park.

The deadly Paul Heatley broke the deadlock for the Shore Road team with a picture finish on 68 minutes, curling the ball over the outstretched gloves of goalkeeper David Walsh.

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And, within four minutes, Heatley turned provider for his team’s second of the day, teeing up new boy Rory McKeown to drill the ball under the body of Walsh to seal a 2-0 win.

Healy obviously had his mind on other things – the Europa League – but he was still far from happy with his boys’ contribution.

“We didn’t get a lot out of the game,” he said. “The performance wasn’t at the required standard we had hoped for. There were bits of the game that were ok.

“It certainly wasn’t the result we wanted, first and foremost. I felt with the team we selected it should have been good enough to win the game, so that was disappointing.

“I was also disappointed with the goals we conceded. Over the 90 minutes, we didn’t work their goalkeeper enough, especially with the amount of attacking players we had on the pitch.

“Yes, we made 11 changes from the European game in midweek, so I don’t want to be too harsh on the players. We’ll now get our head around the European game in Switzerland on Thursday – it's a massive challenge for us.”

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