Terim: “Our best game in my tenure at Panathinaikos – As long as we play and win like this, we will bond more”

As the best game of Panathinaikos during his term on the “green” bench, he characterized Fatih Terim the match played by his team in their victory (0-2) against Atromitos in Peristeri, through which they qualified for the semi-finals of the Betsson Greek Cup.

The technician of the “clover” stopped at discussion that he had with his players after the defeat by PAOK, while he explained that as long as his team plays and wins in this way, then it will bond more and more as a team. At the same time, he also referred to Alexander Geremegev.

In detail, Fetich Terim spoke about:

-whether the way this qualification came about raises the morale of the team and whether he considers that in his tenure at Panathinaikos it is one of the best games of the “greens”:

“In the previous matches there were moments when we played well, but overall this was our best game. Our reaction was very good and important, after the match we lost. We had patience, throughout the match we were in control. Especially in the second half, we had phases. We were in the game. I didn’t think for a moment to change player. After matches we played a player who was really a striker, “9ari”. We played well, we missed a lot of chances, we didn’t give the opponent many chances. For us, all this is very positive. As long as we win like this and play like this, we will bond even more as a team».

– the fact that this is the 2nd qualification that Panathinaikos gets during his days and even after two defeats and how difficult it was to keep his players active:

“It was very important. After the match with PAOK we had a meeting, I think we understood each other very well. I told my players that they can lose. Filip (s.s. Mladenovic) couldn’t score in an easier chance. And if we had drawn 2-2 in Toumba, I would still say that we had not played well. I always want us to sweat, to fight and we will all win together, we will all lose together. We didn’t deserve to lose in the first match, we had a goal, we should have won. But it ended well. It is very good for us. We have to put something more into every match».

-on the time he has given the newly acquired players and how pleased he is:

“I am satisfied with the transfers. Slowly add more. I hope we don’t have someone out through injury at the weekend. As long as we have a lot of players competing with each other, that’s good for the team as well. If he has all the players, Panathinaikos will be better and stronger. Today I put on Kocira, Bakaseta and Mladenovic and the rest were more rested. However, no one asked me for change».