A position on the decisions of the Slovak referee in the derby between Olympiakos and AEK was taken by Demis Nikolaidis on his show at NOVA. The veteran striker – and his producer News Bulletin 247– commented on the game and stood on referee Marefkaemphasizing among other things that it is not possible for a referee to enter such matches without a heavy resume.
Specifically, he said:The arbitration was rightfully included in the frame. For starters, we cannot play such a great game in Greece and have a referee who does not have a strong resume. And if we do that, let’s not have someone good at VAR. The game started and I think it was a mistake that we had chosen to be officiated by less competent people than it appeared.
In the penalty phase, I saw a penalty. The referee did not see a penalty. It seemed to me that in VAR they did not want to go against the referee. Let them explain to us why it is not a penalty. More generally, we will have such issues in the continuation of the championship.
We will have incompetent referees and we will have a scale to tell which way it is tipped. It didn’t seem to me that this particular referee was playing either in favor of AEK or in favor of Olympiakos at the beginning. I didn’t have that feeling in the game. AEK is rightly shouting toobecause he could take out cards for Olympiakos players.
Masouras rightly protests for the whistle before being with the ball. What strikes me is why it whistles so fast. I don’t know, everyone has eyes to see if it’s a hand or not. From the front it doesn’t look like a hand, from behind it seems to be there. I don’t have a clear opinion».
“I think the referee was not good. It’s one thing for Brich to whistle and another for this referee“, added Nikolaidis, who argued that “today I was reading on a site when it is a hand and when it is not, in general a lot of publications».
As for the competitionDemis referred to the image of Olympiakos, but also to the mentality of AEK.
“Olympiacos entered the match strong, played against the power. He managed to disrupt AEK by playing hard. AEK played three phases and all three were static phases. Of course, for some reason with the tension that Olympiacos brought out in the markings, he had no mind to create. He gave many corners to AEK. AEK is excellent in the static phases and took advantage of them. Levia is a terrible athlete, the goal he scored is incredible. Livai steps hard, important for AEK who win without getting a good performance. Rota is good as a left back, although he is not comfortable.
It wasn’t one of AEK’s best games, but he has a good mentality. He doesn’t take her down, he has psychology, so he can win the match. “I will not be worse than you, I will find goals and win”is the mentality of AEK
I didn’t expect Olympiakos to be so good, Fortounis was good, Navarro did not lose the ball easily. After 75′, AEK could have increased the score, they had opportunities that they didn’t take advantage of and in the end they could pay for it».
From now on, commented on the Thessaloniki derby between Aris and PAOK, underlining: “The protagonist in the derby was Manzios, the match did not work out for Lucescus». As far as game of Panathinaikos against Panaitolikoshe said: “Panathinaikos struggled and played to win, this month we will see Terim’s style».
Source: Sport Fm
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