Ioannidis: “My mind is only on Panathinaikos and the National team, I’m not thinking about anything else”

The National team completes its evening Tuesday (21/11) his qualifying round Euro 2024welcoming her France in the OPAP Arena and will then claim the ticket to the German stadiums in March through the Nations League.

THE Fotis Ioannidisspeaking to Press conference ahead of tomorrow’s match against the “tricolors”, he spoke both about the match for the 10th round of the qualifiers, and about that of the first round in Paris, where the National Team suffered a 1-0 defeat.

In fact, the Greek striker, when asked about the reports that want him to be on the radar of German and Italian teams, clarified that they do not concern him, because in his mind there are only Panathinaikos and National team.

What he said in detail:

For France: “It is our job, we are professional athletes and we are ready to face France. We have specific things in mind. The game against New Zealand was very important to win things, but now we have turned the switch since the last game ended and we are thinking about the match against France.”

On France’s 14-0 and the debate surrounding his name: “We know the potential of France, as well as Gibraltar. I was not impressed by the score. In terms of the potential of France’s players they can make the difference at any moment on the pitch. And they did that for 90 minutes, they didn’t stop at all. Regarding the second part, it is very important that there is a response to what I do. Right now, my mind is on Panathinaikos and the National Team and I’m not thinking about anything else. I want to keep doing what I’m doing, to face players of this high level tomorrow and see where I can be against them.”

On whether a negative result with France affects the team: “Personally, I never think negatively. We will enter the field only with positive thoughts, because we have a goal. We don’t just play to compete in the game and whatever happens it certainly won’t affect what we do in March. March is something different, we have two games that we have to give 100% to be able to go to Germany.”

For the first match against France: “We stood up very well in the game in France, we can do the same tomorrow and make it quite difficult for them. It is very important for all of us to show a dynamic face, to be able to stand up to them in a worthy way”.

On what it’s like to play against the likes of Mbappe, Giroud, Griezmann: “That’s my goal, to be against such players and to be able to make my presence felt and show that I’m capable of playing at that level.”