Kleiman: “The greatest moment in my career was the penalty save in the 97th minute”

Great protagonist in yesterday’s match Panathinaikou by Bullet was none other than him Boris Kleimanwith the goalkeeper of Volos giving the point to his team (0-0), catching Sporar’s penalty in the seventh minute of stoppage time.

The 32-year-old goalkeeper spoke to Meso Israel for the Avenue encounter, emphasizing among other things that this save is the greatest moment of his careerwhile at the same time, he also referred to delays which he did in order to “freeze” the pace of the match.

Boris Kleiman’s statements in detail:



For the game against Panathinaikos: “It was a crazy game. Panathinaikos is fighting for the championship and every point is important for him. They are fighting with PAOK, Olympiacos and AEK for the title for this and they came into the match strong. We knew I had to play with time a bit and I’m happy that even though it was a penalty, I knew what I had to do.

For us, every point is important because we are fighting with Aris Thessaloniki for the fifth place that gives the ticket to Europe. The fact that we reached the play-offs is historic for the club and if we can go to Europe as well, then it will be a double historic record.”

On how he felt before the penalty: “Honestly I was calm. When the referee gave the penalty I was not nervous, nor nervous. I was calm, I tried to play with time. If you see on TV, I took off my gloves, fixed my shoes, took my time. I knew that as time went on the opponent would get stressed and in the end it paid off.”

For the reactions after the penalty: “The truth is that my phone… caught fire, from friends of Volos, from friends of other teams and from journalists.”

On whether Panathinaikos fans should be worried: “The truth is, they didn’t like it at all (laughs). It’s part of the game. In the previous games against Panathinaikos we had lost despite my good performance, but now it didn’t happen. We have another home match against them and we will see how their fans will react as they will come with 15 thousand people”.

On whether he was always good at penalties: “I don’t know, but I remember a lot of important penalty saves. But I think this is the craziest surgery I’ve done. Against a full field, with the leader of the standings, in the 97th minute. It’s something that happens in your wildest dreams. I think it’s the biggest moment in my career.”