THE National team of Greece prevailed with her 2-0 New Zealand in a friendly match in Rizoupoli and goes with the best possible psychology to the last game of the Euro 2024 qualifiers with France at the OPAP Arena.
After the end of the match, Tasos Bakasetasgave statements to the Nova camera, in which he spoke about the closed-door match that took place, which – as he stated – he did not like, while he spoke very well of the Yannis Constantelia.
In detail, what Tasos Bakasetas said on Nova’s camera:
“The coach learned that Tzavellas had 49 caps but I don’t think that was the main reason he played. I know him very well, more than most people do, because we’ve been hanging out a lot in recent years. I think that he has helped all of us in this National Team, he has given the National Team its mark and the support because we all know that – wherever you are – nobody likes not competing. But George never put himself above the team. He was equally supportive of everyone and I think that at this level of National Teams experience is the key.
The national team has taken many steps forward and has played his role to a very large extent because the advice he gives is always to the point. They don’t make any impression on me (s.s.: Tzavella’s statements) because I know him very well, I am his friend».
For Tzavella: “I’ve said it before since we spent a lot of time in Turkey, I think that you can only learn from experienced players who are older than you. It has developed me a lot, it has helped me a lot in my career. But the most important thing is to listen when you are young».
For the friendly game against New Zealand: “I don’t think today was our best performance, we made a lot of mistakes that we are not used to in such games. All I can keep is that we won the game relatively easily. I think we gave the opponent enough situations that they didn’t take advantage of. We will analyze them so that this does not happen again in March because as we know the teams we will compete in March are more or less the same».
On whether the empty stadium also played a role in the performance of the national team: “I consider what happened to be very bad, I don’t know if the national team has played before without people even in a friendly game, I can’t understand why it happened, it’s very bad for the players. I think there would be some people, I’m not saying the stadium would be full. From then on I’m not looking for excuses when you wear the national crest you give your best I don’t think it played a big part in the game».
About the game against France he said: “It is very important for us to compete against such teams. To compete on equal footing with teams of such high quality and with such players. We play for our country, we will have the world and through these games you grow even more as a team».
On whether what was discussed with Poget in the last few days affected the team, he said: “We as a team look at the good of the team, we cannot be affected by such things and if there is something – believe me – I will never say it publicly, it stays within the players and this is something healthy to keep the atmosphere at good levels as we’ve all kept it together for the last few years. This was something between the coach and the assistant coach, we did whatever we had to do from our side. I can’t say more things».
About Trabzonspor he said: “It’s a matter between me and the team, there will be some discussions, we’ll see. I can’t answer this yet because I feel like I’m disrespecting the team».
He said about Constantelia: “Giannis is an extremely talented footballer, I think we can all conclude that. He has elements in his game, really when you see him he catches your eye you like to go see him fight. What I will say is that it is entirely up to him as to what he does next in his career. To be healthy, God first, and it depends on him what he will achieve. We are happy to see him play and we wish him all the best in the world».
Source: Sport Fm
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