About the importance of Ari’s match against AEK (18:00) he spoke Peter Etembo, stressing that his team should react after the defeat by Panathinaikos and return to positive results.
In detail what he said to the NOVA camera:
“We all know in the team how important the game with AEK is. We are certainly not happy with the defeat in the match against Panathinaikos. We will go to claim the three points against AEK”.
Regarding whether the team is psychologically ready to claim the positive result, having overcome the previous defeat, he answered: “Indeed, the previous result did not do us any good, while intense criticism followed. But that’s how things are in football. We are professionals and we know this. However, something was not finished in that game. What we have to do is to react against AEK and try to get the result we want”.
Regarding the way Aris should deal with AEK, he said: “We all know what we have to do on the pitch. The coach and the staff have prepared us for this. We, for our part, must claim the victory with all our strength. These games in the playoffs are the pinnacle of the championship, all of Greece sees this and we must be competitive.”
Asked more specifically about the defensive sector, where Aris has not been doing well since the start of the playoffs, he commented: “There is no explanation for the fact that we are conceding goals in every playoff game. However, that is not the issue, because we conceded goals before, in the regular season. The issue is how we react mentally from the moment we concede the goal. Me and my teammates have all this in mind and we want to start changing it from the match against AEK”
Source: Sport Fm
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