Martinez: “Scarpa’s performance was amazing”

In his debut Gustavo Scarpa mentioned the Diego Martinez at the press conference after Olympiakos’ victory over him Panseraikou.

The Spanish coach praised the performance of the Brazilian ace, describing it as amazing. Of course, he also spoke about his team’s performance, noting that the “red and whites” need time and that despite the difficulties they are happy to have qualified (against Genk) and to have started with a win in the championship. Besides, he added that Olympiacos must “feed” on successes and victories.

In detail, Roberto Martinez talked about:

-what else does he keep besides winning: “I want to congratulate our players for their effort and our team, because with victory you gain confidence. It was a very demanding week. We are satisfied with the qualification but we have players with just a day or just a week with us so the conditions were not easy. It was clear our intention was to score and do much earlier. This happens when the opponent defends well. We made 22 shots and only 2 were on target. It would have been better if we had scored earlier. We had a generally good attitude and behavior. Fortunately the players kept their patience and perseverance».

-the picture of the second part and Scarpa: “The important thing in football is accuracy and success in your efforts. The aptness. We missed this in the first part. We did this with various changes and help from the bench. Also timing is improved. It is difficult when the players know each other little. When you say Scarpa is good, it also has to do with his teammates. Scarpa had an amazing performance but that was also due to the performance of his teammates. We continue to work. We have to improve. It will take time. We lack the precision of the penultimate and last ball. We must “feed” on our successes and victories».

-the loss of Rodney for Thursday and whether he has decided who will play in his place with Czukarytski: “No. Today we tried to divide the participation minutes. Without taking any risks, we had to “refresh” players, because we have an important match on Thursday. Now he has to spend a day of recovery. To be correct regularly and as a team. We have to consider several factors. Without of course taking risks to the extent we can control. We can’t wait for Thursday to come again to be close to our people who have helped us so much. We are very satisfied that despite our difficulties we have in our pocket a qualification and a victory in the championship».