Jardim will not sacrifice Monaco's 'DNA' against Dortmund

Leonardo Jardim insists Monaco will not give up
their attacking "DNA" when they welcome Borussia
Dortmund for the second leg of their Champions
League quarter-final on Wednesday, despite their
advantage in the tie.
Monaco lead 3-2 after the first leg in Dortmund and
the away goals put the Ligue 1 leaders in a strong
position ahead of the return clash at Stade Louis II.
That five-goal thriller swung from end-to-end and
Jardim says he will not be sacrificing Monaco's
attacking potential for a more defensive shape,
even though a semi-final spot is within their grasp.
"Our team is used to playing with a DNA which will
not change," Jardim told reporters on Tuesday.
"We want to maintain that momentum.
"Tomorrow it will be a qualifying match and we are
only halfway through the quarter-final. Maybe we'll
need to score tomorrow to go through."
The first leg was postponed after an attack on
Dortmund's team coach but Jardim believes the
Bundesliga team will have regained their focus for
their trip to Monaco.
"We are expecting Dortmund to be much stronger,
they have digested what happened," the coach
added. "I think Dortmund are stronger
psychologically. A very strong team, which has
already surpassed this problem.
"I saw the match on Saturday [a 3-1 win against
Eintracht Frankfurt], they played well. They have
[Gonzalo] Castro and [Marco] Reus back and
they're two very important players for them."
Monaco, who will be without suspended midfielder
Fabinho, are balancing European commitments
against a finely poised Ligue 1 title race with Paris
Saint-Germain and Nice, but Jardim believes his
side have enough energy in the tank.
"We're the team that's played the most games in
all of Europe," Jardim said. "I think the players are
ready and are working well.
"We'll try to be flat out in the Champions League
and the league, but it's normal that we're more
tired than teams who play less.
"Our heads have to be focused on tomorrow's
game, we're 90 minutes into the Champions
League semi-finals but that's true for our
opponents as well."