Olympiakos continued the victorious results in the Champions League, prevailing 12-9 by Novi Beograd in Belgrade for the second match of the group stage.
The coach of the “red and whites”, Thodoris Vlachos, spoke about the importance of winning in such a difficult home, stressing that his players proved to be “too tough to die”.
At the same time, he stood by reception reserved for them by the Serbs, saying that they recognize the history and the presence of Olympiacos in the event.
The statements of Thodoris Vlachos in detail:
“We achieved a great victory in a very difficult home, a home that I think will be very difficult for everyone, with a team that is one of the best in this year’s Champions League. The people of Belgrade welcomed us to the presentation with applause and this is very honorable, they recognize that Olympiacos has a history and a great presence in the Champions League with very great players.
As for the victory, it was a Pyrrhic victory, I think the title that fits is ‘Too hard to die’, because before the match started we had three last minute problems. Today we learned that one of our foreigners, Radovic, will not be able to play for the next matches, Columbus was with 39 fever since yesterday morning and today he played only two minutes, Dervisis did not come at all. We had to be very careful, very focused, mainly on defense, something we managed in the three eight minutes, we also found the solutions in the attack.
In the last eight minutes I think the home team spoke, the players of Novi had nothing to lose, we gave them the opportunity to get close to the score, but in the critical points we kept our composure and we managed to get a very good result, mainly for its confidence our team for the sequel. This victory is only three points, we have to be much better then, because the group is very difficult and we have to be 100% focused, as we were today “.
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