Anigo: “This game will go down in history”

The match between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos will go down in history, as Jose Anigo mentioned at the press conference of the match. The French coach pointed out – among other things – that all the players are tired.

What the Olympiacos coach said in detail:



The year was bad for Olympiakos, but they made some great games like the win in New Philadelphia and the win over Panathinaikos. Do you think your players have done themselves wrong this year?



In football things are not balanced and you cannot control them. The year is long and the season has had many ups and downs. If we talk about injustice, yes we were wronged with some penalties. I cannot tell you whether we have wronged ourselves. We had some very difficult nights, but we always stood up like professionals. Even today when we were not interested we gave answers like professionals. We’ve always tried to do that.

Because Olympiacos didn’t press from the beginning of the match a team that was strained by the coronavirus and also the use of Ramon as a winger caused an impression.



The answer is simple. The most important thing when playing against Panathinaikos is to play for the win. We knew he would be waiting for us back and we tried to create spaces. As for the fatigue of the Panathinaikos players, ours are also tired, everyone is overworked. It is important in a game to try to face the opponent. We tried to open the spaces. As for Ramon we wanted to take advantage of his speed and we wanted to help Oleg who was looking tired at the time.

During your stay on the Olympiakos bench we saw two formations, one more attacking and one with three central midfielders. Do you think the second is the one that suits the team as it was seen from the results? Is this the shape we will see in Toumba as well?



In football what matters is winning and getting the result and the system doesn’t matter. We try to use what the team needs. We managed it against PAOK, AEK and Panathinaikos which was important because we had to beat them from May 2021. It was also important not to concede a goal.

Would you like to comment on the statements of Ivan Jovanovic, who discredited today’s result by emphasizing that it was due to the fact that his team had many cases of coronavirus?



I want to reiterate what I believe that there is no team at the end of the playoffs that is rested and it happens to all teams. The same is happening in AEK and Panathinaikos and Olympiakos and PAOK. All players are overworked and struggling. I don’t like to comment on the coaches’ statements. What matters is that Olympiacos won this game and the result and this date will go down in history.