Athens Kallithea celebrated great win in “El Paso”, prevailing 2-1 of the Ionian and continues its frantic course towards promotion to the Super League!
In his statements to Christos Papanikolaoufor sport-fm.grThe Giannis Loukinaswho is 2nd in the division’s top scorers table with 8 goals, initially commented on the big upset win: “We always give our soul for the three points. In the first half we did not have a good image and we found ourselves behind in the score. We have one experienced coachwhich helps us a lot, at halftime we calmed down and we tried to figure out what we’re doing wrong and how we can be better next time to turn it around. As you saw we had an excellent second half and we did it».
An attacker carry always the weight of scoring and Loukinas is a player who has a good relationship with the opposition nets. Especially after his passing by Heracles, period 2014-17, the numbers say that almost every season he has double digit goals! For his team, he is the top scorer this year with 8 goals, as well as its captain. The 32-year-old answers whether this is an extra burden for him.
“I wouldn’t say it’s a burden, for me it’s a pleasure, I feel obliged to all the people in the team, the management, the training team, the fans, this gives me psychology and makes me give everything on the field».
The conversation then turned to his teammate, Javier Matilla, scorer of the first goal of the great upset: “He is an amazing player and a great character, we really have a lot of players with experience and quality. I don’t want to offend anyone, because the atmosphere in the team is fantastic and I think that is one of the most important ingredients for what we have achieved, at least so far».
In closing, the Athenian footballer spoke about him goal of ascension in the Super League, but also for the support of the people. “For us, the goal this summer was for people to come to the stadium and support us, because our goal was clear from the first training session of the season and it was none other than promotion to the first division. Our dream is to play in our stadium for our world, with the top teams of the Super League».
Source: Sport Fm
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