Terim: “There is no such thing as “I don’t play, I won’t give everything” – From the president to me, we are one team”

Fatih Terim’s press conference, after Panathinaikos’ victory over Panaitolikos, was full of interesting remarks.

The Turkish coach, in his statements, emphasized that his team will slowly find its footing and improve, he underlined what he is holding and what is not from the specific match against Agriniotes, while he made it clear that he knows how important the derby with Olympic.

Finally, Fatih Terim, referred to the rotation and all the players of the team, with a legendary remark about what everyone offers.

The statements of the Turkish technician at the press conference in detail:

What he liked about Panathinaikos today and what he didn’t: “What I liked the most is that we won. Little by little we will do better. We are currently first in the standings and may stay depending on the other results. I really liked that we pressed a lot, what I didn’t like was that we didn’t score in the chances we created.”

For the two goals he used in the second half: “We cannot have only one plan that we play, but also have a plan b. Fotis played with three stoppers in the first half and struggled a bit. That’s why we put in Sporar. As soon as we found a score, we took off one striker. In three days there is another game, the players are tired. In football it always doesn’t go the way you think, things change on the pitch. No45 (Joao Pedro) from the opposing team was very good at high balls. It was very important to keep the game and that’s why we made the changes at the end.”

For Sporar: “We will all play this game together. Every three days we will play matches. It was very important that he came off the bench and scored, we need all the players. So we are a team, we all have to coordinate together. There is no “I don’t play, I won’t give everything”. From the president to me, we are one team. Regardless of whether we come off the bench, we have to give it our all.”

For the goalpost change: “We have three good goalkeepers, they must always be ready for the games. No matter who is playing, everyone has to be ready to give it their all.”

For players who have not played much until now and uses:“Not enough time has passed to be able to say more, but in two matches we have seen a little more complete picture. Now the players are getting used to the philosophy I want to pass on. For the players you say, they started playing and getting used to the way we play. In two races we saw some things that went better, I hope in the next races they will do even better. I have told the players that when you win you will always come out on top. When we lose, I’ll go out. I always talk in front of the players, never behind their backs. We are always connected.

In big teams there is no excuse, we always try for the best. I don’t accept the philosophy, the opposing team plays, then it’s our turn. We always try to play ourselves. We are Panathinaikos, we have several years to win the championship. To get it we have to be strong, to trust each other.”

For the derby with Olympiakos:“I know what the derby with Olympiacos means. The cup is two matches. Our opponent is strong, it will not be easy. We respect our opponents. But we also try to be respected by the opponent. The fans need to know that if there is a Cup, we will always play for that Cup. Whatever it is, our goal is always to conquer it. And the Cup is very important.”

On Senkefeld and the stopper’s transfer: “Don’t worry at all, 11 people will be on the field. We have some shortcomings in the team, but we are all trying to cover them. But as a man I am not here to make excuses, but to do our best and win. We have shortcomings, we are trying to see it from the team how we can solve it. I have no doubt, whoever plays, will give everything to win.”

On his roster picture after two games:“Nothing changes in our philosophy, there is no reason to change the way we play. Tomorrow morning we will look at the image again after two struggles, we will see in detail what they brought us. We let some players rest, we will also see the match tonight and depending on that we will see what we do.”