Marthelino: “A competitive team that never gives up, Panathinaikos”

THE Panathinaikos travels to Spain to confront her Villarreal (11/30, 22:00), in a match that, if he gets a positive result, will have greatly increased his chances to compete in European competitions in 2024.

On the Spanish side, Marthelinoat the press conference ahead of the game with the “clover” was mentioned with the better words for Ivan Jovanovic’s set, he called it competitive and where he doesn’t give upstressing that he will not proceed with many changes in his eleven.

“We are not going to make many changes tomorrow, because as you know, victory also means qualification mathematically. Therefore, whatever you can achieve today, don’t leave it for tomorrow. This does not mean that we are going to win by putting one team or the other, but we have the possibility to do so, having in front of us a team that is used to winning. Just two defeats in the league, leader. He kicked us out when I was coaching another team. We know we will face difficulties, but we are playing at our home ground and we have extra motivation, because there we lost 2-0 and now we want to win. We are looking to find solutions through the game to get the three points and qualify“, he initially said and continued:

“I expect a complicated game, because Panathinaikos is used to winning and it is always difficult for opponents to beat you. It is a competitive team, with good players, with a coach from last season and with clear ideas about his game. They are a competitive team that never gives up. We have to face the game with the aim of winning. We are playing at our home ground, we have to attack, create chances. At La Ceramica, the team throughout the competition and overall in the season, is not doing very well.

We must try to reverse these negative results weighing on us and then play with determination. I believe that recapturing the grit and determination of each player for the benefit of teamwork is what will give us more longevity in the game and bring us closer to victory than we have ever been. If we can draw or improve on what we did against Osasuna in the second half, we will be closer to victory».

At the same time, Marthelino confirmed that the Sorloth and Denis Suarez will not compete, while the question mark until the last moment will be the presence of Coquelin and Gambia.