Nioplias: “We won hard but fair, even so you grow as a team”

In the importance of his qualification Levadeikou in the next phase of the Cup against Ilioupoli, Nikos Nioplias stood. The coach of the Viotia team admitted that the ticket came hard but underlined that even so it is important because the team is growing…

In detail what he said:

“We won fairly. But we tired to win. It is the period like this, where the games are very difficult. In the sense that the footballers still don’t have rhythm, 90 minutes on their feet. Because in friendlies they play 45-60 minutes. Ilioupoli was a difficult team to beat. We got a taste of what we will meet in the category. I had many years to see it is the truth. But we won fairly. We had the most phases. But this gives us confidence, because we will encounter other such games with similar difficulties. Due to pitch quality or opponent’s style of play.

This victory was good for us, the way it came, because it gives confidence to the team. In the sense that last year we struggled to win, the confidence was low. Now, even in this way, you grow as a team. Salvation is one thing and championship is another. In the championship, you have to take games like that because you’re going to be the problem. You will lose points. The others will be happy even with a draw.

I think we are on the right track. We are slowly putting new faces in the team, who came later than the rest of the guys, who are very good players and will help. Week by week they will be even better. Today we showed that we were in better physical condition. On the contrary, the children of Ilioupoli got tired faster. But I see other things that I like.

We certainly would have liked to have given more friendlies, to have a better pace, but this was not possible because many teams started preparation too late, while the teams of the 3rd National Team were of lower capacity. But this qualification brought an additional positive, another Cup match, again against a rival of the division, so that we are more ready at the start of the championship”.