Wigan defender Emmerson Boyce said the dream of playing in Europe next season has been banished from the players’ minds as the Latics attempt to reach the FA Cup final.
Wigan will meet Championship side Millwall at Wembley on Saturday with the winner heading for a glamour date with either Manchester City or defending champions Chelsea.
But much more is on the line for both Wigan and Millwall, with the winner of Saturday’s semi-final expected to book a place in next season’s Europa League, no matter the outcome of the final in May.
City and Chelsea, second and third respectively in the Premier League, are expected to book their European spots through their lofty league positions.
But Boyce said he and his team-mates have dismissed their European dreams for the time being, lest they distract them from the task at hand.
“(Europe) is in the back of our minds but we’ve just got to concentrate on Saturday’s game against Millwall because we don’t want to start talking about potentially Europe and then we fall at this hurdle,” Boyce said.
“If we do get into Europe it will again be a massive, massive achievement for a small club like Wigan.”
Source: Punch
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