"It'd be great if we could pick up some points in Warsaw," said Hans-Joachim Watzke prior to the club's UEFA Champions League opening match away to Legia Warsaw on Wednesday (kick-off 20:45 CET).

On the day before the game Hans-Joachim Watzke spoke about his expectations:
"There are only six group games, so you can't allow yourselves many slip-ups. On the other hand it will be a similar situation to the one in Leipzig. Legia are delighted to be back in the Champions League. They will go into the match with the same euphoria and the same passionate support that Leipzig had in our Bundesliga match at the weekend. We need to be prepared for this. It would be great if we could pick up some points in Warsaw."

...the things the team needs to improve on after Leipzig:
"Well, we need to score, otherwise you can't win. Obviously there is a whole host of things to improve. Leipzig were also very strong opponents, but we can play the better football. We need to bring more accuracy into our game, we need to be more precise when setting up chances. There would have been two or three gilt-edged chances if the final ball had reached its destination. That's something we need to improve."

...the difference between the UEFA Champions League and Europa League:
"It's different from the start. In the Europa League our first opponents were from Austria and Norway. So it's quite a different scenario to be facing Real Madrid on Matchday 2 and to be travelling to Warsaw now to play in the tense atmosphere that there will be there. It's that little bit more intense."