Happy for her data change which has already been achieved by AEK in his group Europa League and convinced that he can reach the final goal of the qualification stated o Matias Almeida.
At the press conference ahead of the match with Marseillethe Argentine emphasized that he gives motivation in “Union” the fact that different everyone saw her at the beginning and me other eye they confront her after her appearances.
So emphasize that you answer to the club they keep dreaming in Europe and emphasized that the team has the tools, quality and appetite to succeed.
What Almeida said in detail
For the elements that AEK should pay more attention to: “I think we should pay attention to every action. A side, a build-up a pressure, mobility. Not to allow the opponent to develop easily. There are a lot of things that we have to pay attention to in order to be competitive against Marseille.”
On how crucial the match is and on AEK not having won at the OPAP Arena in Europe: “We know how important the game is. We never try to get into football and put the word pressure. Of course we have the appetite. We are in the mood to play a good match. To finish the match with victory.
On the one hand, it would be this victory that we haven’t won in our stadium, but also for the match position in the group. If we think like that we get out of the way and we don’t think exclusively about our own way of playing. We have to think that in some matches of the previous match we did well and based on that I think if we build on that then we can have a good game against a strong opponent like Marseille.”
On whether AEK’s plans change after the loss of Ronzier: “Things will not change much. The opponent has a deep roster with 2-3 players at each position. We will focus on our own game and our own team. Of course we respect the opponent.”
About the fact that AEK is almost complete for the first time and how it will affect his plans: “It is important for the whole team. I have never used excuses that one, two or three players are missing. I believe in every player. The advantage when they are available is that there is competition and within quotes they are bound to perform well. We will work as a whole without depending on one or two players.”
On having seen many Marseille matches in the post-Gattuso era: “Talking about characteristics for me is difficult, I had to be a Marseille player. We can do a quick read of the opposing manager and after his arrival the team has changed. He has passion, it seems his team has passion on the pitch. They put pressure on certain points on the pitch, they have changes in their movements offensively. They have very good feet as footballers, from the goalkeeper to the striker. It pleases me personally.”
On what some have said about a homogeneous set and a balanced situation and which teams he considers favorites: “To talk about favorites is difficult. In the beginning, the favorites were different for many reasons. We have shown that we are competitive against anyone. We believe in ourselves that we can do it. If we happen to succeed then we will have achieved a great thing.
There is a difference from the first day the groups came out, until today. Certainly when they said the name of AEK, they said it one way and today they say it another way. I think that gives us strength, because we are respected in this group. It’s not like it was originally. We all know together that we will fight to the end. We have the tools, the quality and the appetite to move forward.”
On Dimitris Melissanidis calling them terrorists after the double and UEFA calling them revolutionaries and how far the revolution can go: “We are a group of passionate people. A group that does not consider anything lost and wants to advance in any event it participates in. We dream of continuing in Europe. We know we are competitive. In life when you have passion, you show respect and there is union, then there are no obstacles. We are free people who pursue their goals.”
Source: Sport Fm
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