Leo Smith, as The New Saints make history against FK Panevėžys by reaching a UEFA League phase

Leo Smith what a fantastic night for the new Saints yeah absolutely have um you know all the lads have worked so hard for this and I'm just proud of every one of the lads and the staff that's that's in our group you know like yourselves you you worked hard you traveled all over with us and stuff so it's just huge for the club and the people working for the club as well it's a great achievement and one thing for me just being on the pitch with the squad afterwards is it wasn't just the 11 players who started or even the substitutes who joined in everyone did great team spirit here at parkour yeah of course and that's what you know the staff have built here great group of players and the team SP even for the past couple years have been magnificent since I've been at the club and obviously you know I think all the hard work paid off what does it feel like as an individual now to know that you're part of a history making team that's gone past the qualifying rounds for the first time ever in Welsh football um I don't know what to be H I know how to feel it you know it's before the game you know how big it was and got the pressure for the club and for those players but you know I think we we um we did the hard work last week to to bring it home today I know we're disappointed enough to win the game and to score the goal but we kept a clean sheet and that was our job uh first and foremost and know H bit um not much words to say at the moment rev um I don't think it's really sunk in yet and there were many play players I think that could have been contenders for the man of the match but this evening you got that nomination from hstone Distillery yeah definitely um you know I don't think it really um matters because you know all the boys like you said anyone could have had it um I think we all worked um un unbelievably hard um not just today but for the past couple of months even last season you know we've worked so hard um over the season and then to take us into the the champions league and Europa League qualifiers has just been great Le