Statements after the victory of our National Team against the Netherlands for the European Championship polo, did o Thodoris Vlachos.
Our national coach insisted that his team will have to be more focused and more careful defensively, so that they can keep the score low and have a better chance of getting the victory in the upcoming quarter-final against Croatia.
In detail what the coach of our national team said:
“We didn’t expect to play today, from the first win we had against Hungary we thought we would be at least in second place, but what happened in the last matchday forced us to play a game even a day before the big quarter-final. We played as much as we could to win, mistakes were made, we also had good periods. The point was to win, not to injure anyone. Finally we had one loss, I didn’t understand why Dervisis was sent off as a substitute… Anyway, I wasn’t around, I need to know from both sides what happened. Now we have a knockout game tomorrow for the top four”.
On what the National Team needs to fix to be ready for Croatia: “We don’t wait 24 hours to fix things. We’re either ready or we’re not. It’s a very different game, the gravity of the opponent is very different from today and from the previous one with Georgia. We have to be much more focused, more ready and more careful in defense mainly and with a little luck we can win”.
On where the quarter-final with hosts Croatia can be decided: “People don’t score goals, sometimes they put pressure on the hosts. We have to stay very calm and play very good defense. If we keep the score low we have a very high chance of getting what we want, but if we score easy goals and effortlessly, I think then the other team will have the edge psychologically”.
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