Anigo for Hames: “Everyone should treat Olympiacos as a big European club”

Anigo’s comment about Olympiacos-AEK and… Hames.

The French coach expressed his satisfaction with the image of the “red and whites”, stressing that they sent the message that they are alive in view of the final stretch of the championship.

“Olympiacos is a big club in Europe, I knew it before I came here. So those who come here must treat Olympiacos as a big European club and always play 100%“, he commented on a related question about Hames and the fact that he is not performing as expected.

What he said in detail

Maybe you should take a risk a little earlier so that Olympiacos can claim more qualification?

“It was really a difficult effort. In the last nine days we have played three matches and if we exclude the first half against Panathinaikos away from home, in all of them our image was satisfactory, because in Leoforos in the second half we presented a better image. I want to focus on the fact that our image is satisfactory in the last matches and the results show that we are still alive. I never doubted the quality of our players and nothing is over. Until the end we will fight to play good matches and get the results we want».

What do you hold beyond winning prestige?

“It was a good test this match, it was an important game apart from the prestige as you said and for our confidence. We will face the same opponent in a few days, so it was a good test to see how we should prepare and compete and this game we played now was a rehearsal for the one we will play for the championship with the same opponent».

We saw that you used a formation with three tens, you have done it twice with PAOK, AEK and you have won two times, is this something we will see in the future?

“In general, we have to forget the story with the tens because in modern football they play in more positions. When I met Mathieu he was playing on the wing, while later he also played on the axis, Fortounis can easily start on the left and then play in the center. Players in modern football don’t think about where they will compete but how they will play to help their team, it doesn’t matter the number on the jersey but to help their team in the goals they have».

A comment on the Huangs, Embila, but also a comment on the topic of the day, that of arbitration.

“Both Embilla and Huang are two high-class players and can comfortably compete in big European clubs. What I want is to find the best balance with the players we have. Olympiacos is lucky to have these players because the formation of the team is based on these two players. If we want the Greek league to change its level and improve, if we want Europe’s top players to come and compete here, then the referees should also be worthy of this level. The situation must definitely change and we all want to improve the level of Greek football, to do this the level of refereeing must also improve».

Hames is the team’s greatest asset, why can’t he give what he really can? You have experienced him as well as Marcelo from two different positions in the team.

“I don’t think he is the biggest asset of Olympiakos, I don’t agree with that. In teams many players can come and not succeed or come and not succeed, that happens. Olympiacos is a big club in Europe, I knew it before I came here. So those who come here must treat Olympiacos as a big European club and always play at 100%. Sometimes some players may not achieve this, it happens. We don’t need to look now for the reasons why these things happen in football. What we need to do is to be all at 100% and play for a big European club like Olympiacos».