THE Jose Luis Mendilibar he is expected to debut on his bench Olympiakou in the first encounter with Ferentsvaros for the Europa Conference League playoffs.
And the Spanish coach stated that he has met a team with very quality footballers, who can build a team that will win every game. That’s why, after all, Mendiliber stated that he wants to conquer every goal that the Piraeus have in front of them, setting the bar high from the beginning.
At the same time, Mr Mendiliber he emphasized that he spoke twice with Valverde before coming to Olympiacos, while stating that he knows that he has joined a very big club.
As for what he wants to change? The Spaniard noted that the “red and whites” must become more aggressive and have concentration inside the pitch, starting from tomorrow’s game.
What would be the result he would like in view of the rematch: “No one ever knows the ideal result because there is a second match to be able to go there safely. Let’s win, play a smart game, two good teams are playing and we want the best result to qualify for the second game.”
On his goal with Olympiakos: “I know I came to a very big club. To come to the middle of the year, this shows something, that not everything was perfect and if things were going well there would be no coaching changes. I hope for everything, I have the ambition to win everything with Olympiakos. It won’t be easy, we have strong opponents, but we came here and there is nothing that is off target.”
What does he think is missing from Olympiakos: “What we lack is aggression, to be more determined. We have players with very good technique and I think if we are more aggressive as a team, then we will win all the matches.”
On the similarities between the fact that he took over Sevilla and Olympiacos at the same point: “More or less the same matches were left when I went to Seville and from the moment I came here. When I went to Seville I said that there is quality, which is also the case here. Starting with the player next to me… Let’s change some things, add some elements and give our best after that.”
On whether we will see a similar line-up and formation to OFI: “Before this match, I had seen others. I won’t judge what the team does by this game alone. I told you we don’t lack quality, but other things. Tomorrow and Sunday we play against better quality opponents than OFI, so we have to do more things, because against OFI we actually got an easy victory and the match was over from the 10th minute. Tomorrow we’ll have to do some different things.”
On whether he has in his mind that in every debut he has won: “I don’t think about it because I didn’t know it, now I know it. We hope the streak continues.”
On whether he spoke before coming to Olympiakos with Ernesto Valverde: “Yes, we talked once or twice and he knows very well that he is highly regarded here. The similarities I have with him are that we played together one year and that at the end of every season we eat together, because we are good friends. If I have other similarities with him? This will be judged by you at the end of the year.”
For the key to tomorrow’s match: “It’s a qualifying round between two teams and of course both want to qualify. The key to the match is not easy to find, because unpredictable things happen during the match. If it was one, two, three things, then everyone would have done them before and won”
Source: Sport Fm
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