Carvalial: “We made a reaction with AEK, for the qualification with Panathinaikos”

Through work, victories will come for him Olympicas stated by Carlos Carvalhalahead of the first match for the Cup against Panathinaikos (10/1, 21:30).

The Portuguese coach referred to the great will that exists in the “red and whites” for the qualification to the next phase of the institution, while at the same time he emphasized that he was generally satisfied with the reaction of his team in the league derby with AEKdespite the fact that the result was not the desired one.

In detail what Carlos Carvalhal said to the Cosmote TV camera:

On the team’s reaction in the last game:

“In general I am pleased with the reaction and the character shown by the team. We made two mistakes, two important mistakes in the corners and they are things that need to be corrected, but in general we showed character, we showed will and dynamism. Obviously we didn’t like the result, but we were satisfied with the dedication shown by the players».

For the derby with Panathinaikos:

“Of course this is a very important game. Olympiacos goes into all games to win them and this is no exception. Qualification will be decided in two games. We will go with the aim of facing the opponent as best as we can, to win and qualify. We will certainly select a line-up consisting of the best players to respond to the particular game. Talking to the medical team we will select the players who are in the best possible condition. We will see who can play for 90 minutes, who less and for how long. Such an analysis has been made and based on this we will make our decisions about the eleven and those on the bench».

On whether the fact that he has a new coach makes it difficult to “read” the opponent:

“We have watched the last two games with their new coach, but anyway we know Panathinaikos very well, just like they know us very well. We can’t wait for this game to start because this is a derby where everyone wants to take part. We all have a great desire to win, but you can’t win any game if you don’t fight. We have to work a lot on the pitch, fight a lot and that’s how the result we want will come».