Mendiliber: “It would be nice to succeed at Olympiakos like Valverde”

THE Olympic with a goal by El Kambi doubled his victories (1-0) against Ferentzvaros and celebrated in Hungary the qualification of the “16” of the Europa Conference League.

At the press conference after the game, Mr Jose Luis Mendilibersaid that the “red and whites” have good footballers and that self-confidence after victories is a important elementwhich can be seen inside the stadium.

In fact, the 62-year-old was asked about his similarities with his case Ernesto Valverderegarding the qualification with the same scores in the same phase of the competition, answering how it would be nice if he could make it in Piraeus like the former Spanish coach and now of Athletic Bilbao.

In detail, what Jose Luis Mendiliber said at the press conference:

Many people are wondering how you managed to transform the team in this way compared to the previous period.

“I don’t know what happened before and how the team played, I know what I want to do. To make the team play well and each player bring out their best. Olympiacos has good footballers on its roster. The confidence you gain when you win games is an important factor so when football players win games they also gain confidence and it shows on the pitch».

Do you intend to use social media to communicate with the people of Olympiakos who want to please you?

“It’s only my third game, it’s a few matches. I know people are going crazy, but let’s slow down, we have a lot of games ahead of us. But know that no matter how many games we win, I will never open social media».

Comment a little on Olympiakos’ tactical part, especially for the first half, but also for the fact that Ferentsvaros preferred to start the match with two attackers.

“Every time we have to face an opponent I see and study him and know the potential of each football player. But I give more importance to my team. I have a style of play that I don’t want to change, regardless of the opponent. I’ve paid for that in my career but I’m a bit headstrong, I like the way we play. I know we will face a lot of different teams, but my game concept is not going to change».

Before the game you said you wanted your team to defend high and basically your team did exactly what you said, how you felt about it from the bench. Also, a good friend of yours, Mr. Valverde, had qualified again with the same scores in the same phase of the European competition, do you believe in coincidences?

“I will answer the second question first, it would be nice to succeed like Ernesto Valverde at Olympiacos, because that will mean that we will win titles and I will stay at Olympiacos for a long time. For the first question, when you see that your instructions have an effect you feel satisfied, but I also feel satisfied because the players see that when they follow your instructions something good comes of them and then the players follow those instructions not because you ask them to but because they see that they have an effect. But I am equally satisfied that the players have quickly understood what we are asking and are doing it on the pitch».