Paschalakis: “This team never gives up, it gives its soul until the end of the games”

The excellent atmosphere that exists in the team was emphasized by Alexandros Paschalakissaying that to Olympic a group with strong ties and militancy has been created.

The Piraeus keeper also referred to the importance of the match against West Ham, in which his team needs the points to win.

On whether he thinks he is the best goalkeeper in Greece and that gives him confidence: “It’s about confidence, anyone who fights has to believe in themselves. Doing well and helping the team is all about my teammates and coaches. The group we have created has an excellent atmosphere, it is combative and can give something extra for the jersey as well. We set individual and collective goals. If you ask me, I feel very good on the pitch. I feel confident, that I am not alone and if I need a help, as they will help me too. Beautiful things are created when there is a set of players with homogeneity and good relationships, working until they achieve their goals.”

On how a team prepares for such a high-level game: “Preparation is easier because your mind prepares better than lower level opponents. The younger ones have to manage their emotions and enjoy these matches. Respect, humility and doing our best. Let’s all be together, in the same mood and I try to transfer my experiences to help my teammates to be ready tomorrow. Important game, we need points and we have to do the best for the team.”

On whether it is easy for the team to turn the page after what happened with Panathinaikos: “We cannot think about what happened with Panathinaikos, we will be completely focused on tomorrow’s match and we will not think about what did not happen. It’s certainly not pleasant anyway.”

For the fact that in the most demanding matches of this season, apart from the first match against Genk, Olympiacos found itself behind in the score and did not win: “There are not many matches to have a measure of comparison. I can take them one by one and analyze them. How the Genk goal came, how the Freiburg goal came in perhaps our best performance. The team is there and they fight, they don’t give up and they give their soul until the end. It is what the coach wants, the characters of the players and the DNA of our team. We don’t know our ceiling, it’s very high for sure. Work, seriousness and humility to achieve our goals. Tomorrow we must never give up no matter what, no one knows what will happen. What is certain is that this team never gives up.”