Grigoriou on bwinSPORT FM: “50 families are judged by you – Let’s do a small miracle with PAS”

A huge 2-1 victory over Volos was taken by PAS Ioanninawhich raised him to 16 points and gave him huge breath in the battle to stay in the Stoiximan Super League.

The coach of Epirot, Michalis Grigoriouwas hosted on News Bulletin 247 and discussing with Vaio Tsoutsikas-Mihalis Tsochos he referred to the great battle for the stay: “You don’t think about yourself, we all know how hard it is for a team to go down and come back from Super League 2. There are 50 families behind who are judged by you too, a city and then you reflect on the pressure, while easily listening to the love that people have here for PAS Ioannina. The biggest pressure is on the Christovasilis family, who must continue the empire built by George Christovasilis and move forward“, he initially said and continued for the big “double” against Bullet:

“From the first day I came to PAS they had a huge weight, the team had to win 14 games. The victory we achieved was multifacetedly important, apart from the importance of the score, when you end a bad tradition it gives you impetus and psychology to cope and make a small miracle with the eve. That’s right, PAS was in last place, they had us first favorite for relegation. May the victory give us a boost“, while he then referred to the match with OFI:

“It’s a crucial flag game, since it’s the first with the crowd at our home ground and my first with fans on the field. Conversely, the same is true for OFI, which is coming off the victory against Panserraikos. It is important for both, until the last game it will be like this, every game will be a final».

For the case of four and the “maths” of the coaches: “Time after time, always one you don’t expect, messes with staying. It also happened with Panaitolikos who was looking at the playoffs. At the beginning of the playouts, no one will be indifferent, whoever gets two wins will have relative comfort. Coaches, in addition to details, training, opponent analysis and preparation, deal with mathematics and scoring. Initially, the coefficient for staying was 30 points, now it is somewhere around 27-28 points».

For Mete Demir: “Me and our analysts did a huge scouting, we were looking at 30+ players and wanted to reduce the failure rate. Demir in Turkey showed remarkable things, he has a German mentality and was in the second division champion in Turkey. His ideas offensively were what we wanted, as a character he fits us perfectly, soon he will get more time, do good things and help».

For Panathinaikos’ rematch with PAOK: “Huge match. The way the last results have been for both of them, there is only one way for them to recover psychologically. Panathinaikos has an advantage with the crowd on his side and the victory he got in Toumba, PAOK is capable of overturning the result, but Panathinaikos has a small lead more».

For the favorite to win the championship: “The most competitive league ever and all four teams will fight to the end and my prediction that the league will be decided in the final is on track. We’ve seen two teams claim it, in the past there was only one, this year maybe all four will be in, it looks like it’s going to happen. These upcoming playoffs will be the best for Greek football».