And now we meet at Madejski Stadium on Saturday lunchtime in front of the Sky cameras, with just a single point between the sides going into the game.

Veljko Paunović expects two evenly-matched teams with some similar qualities to go toe-to-toe… our aim will be to win our battles and come away with the points.

“As we always say – next game. We will recover, replenish, prepare and compete,” Pauno said.

“We will be ready for that game, but we know we can expect a hard opponent. But we’re keen, and we’re happy.

“It will be an interesting game and we have already been preparing for them. It’s another hard opponent, another final. Another battle, another war.

“They’re organised, and they’re good on the ball. It’s a team that know how they play and they have good spirit, and a tough mentality. They never give up.

“It will be a good clash – in certain ways, a clash of two similar teams. In terms of the way we started the season and where we are in the standings.”

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