The former Denmark under-21 international joined the Pilgrims in August and has gone on to play regularly for them this season
10:24, 13 Jan 2026
Danish defender Mathias Ross has admitted it took a little time for him to adjust to English football after joining Plymouth Argyle in August.
The 24-year-old had previously played his football in his home country, as well as the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, and has found it very different with the Pilgrims, but he has got used to it now.
Ross has made a total of 17 starts plus seven substitute appearances for Argyle since signing for them as a free agent, after leaving top Turkish club Galatasaray in the summer.
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He said about playing in English football: "It's first of all very physical I have found, especially this league. It's very physical football, very intense, which is very different than the other leagues I have played in.
"I think I'm adapting to it quite well. As I said, it is very different so it has taken a bit of time to adjust but I think it's going quite well."
Ross and his Argyle team-mates were allowed some time away from Home Park after the busy Christmas and New Year period of five games in 16 games and he made the most of that opportunity.
"It was very nice having a few days off," he said. "I went back to Denmark and saw the family so it was really good to get a little break."
Argyle struggled over the opening months of this season but have improved recently, picking up 17 points from their last 10 games in League One to move out of the bottom four in the table.
Ross said: "I think we have just been way more solid and hard to beat. The games we would probably have lost two or three months ago we are now winning or drawing at least.
"It's quite natural. We have had more time together as a group of players with the staff as well. I think we have Joe Ralls now in midfield, which has been key for us.
"He has been massive for us, a top player with experience and quality so he has definitely helped us, but I think it's also a result of us having more time together as a group of players and staff."
The goals of Lorent Tolaj have also helped Argyle massively too, but Ross believes there is much more to the Swiss striker than just that.
Ross said: "I think he's one of those that even though he's scoring goals and is a top striker he's also a team player. He cares about the team, not just himself.
"He's pressing and running every game and he sets the tone for the rest of the team. Not just his goal scoring but his effort has been key for us.
"For me, he has the mentality of a top striker, wanting to score every game, hungry to score, but also cares about the team."
Argyle are away to Bristol Rovers in the last 16 of the Vertu Trophy this evening (7pm kick-off). The teams have already met once in the competition at the Memorial Stadium this season, with the Pilgrims conceding a last-gasp goal as they were beaten 1-0 on November 11 in a group stage game.
The visitors played virtually all of that match with only 10 men after defender Kornel Szucs was sent-off in the second minute. They will return to the same venue this evening hoping for better fortune.
Ross said: "It's a game I'm looking forward to. It's not going to be easy for sure, but I'm also comfortable that with the recent form we have shown, and where we are as a team at the moment, that we can do a good performance there."
Victory over Rovers would see Argyle quality for the quarter-finals of the Vertu Trophy, and keep alive their hopes of reaching the final at Wembley, as they did in the 2022/23 season, although that ended in a 4-0 defeat by Bolton Wanderers.
Ross said: "Actually today Bali showed me the photos from the game there and it looked incredible. That would be a huge experience for the club, for everyone of us.
"That would be a big thing but first and foremost we have to take one game at a time, win (against Rovers) and then we can go onto the next one."
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