Mantzios: “Injuries have hurt us – We have to keep the ball low”

What Aris’ coach said in detail:



For using Veleth in a defensive midfielder role: “Fran was good today too. Zul is a player that we have missed for quite some time and just because he is back in training after a long absence does not mean that he is completely ready. In general, the injuries hurt us and deprived us of things”.

For the fact that Moron and Ansarifard scored and for the fact that he now has an option in the forward position: “I’m interested in the team winning. Who scores the goal is secondary. Both are good forwards and I would say that after a while Aris has two forwards of the quality of these players. We arrived in February and in the intervening time Moron made a super effort. During this time we dealt with the matter by baptizing a second time one of the rest. I’m sure Karim will help us”.

For Manu Garthia: “I don’t think I need to say anything again. It also shows how much he missed. He is an excellent footballer and his loss was great. It has room for improvement. It shows the quality. He actually made vertical moves with Darida, but our wingers also have this ability, but the game didn’t go their way today. It is important that we play vertically because we have the quality to support that style of play. In general, players who are important like Fran are back. I believe that from game to game we will perform better”.

On how difficult it is to keep the team grounded in view of the second game against Panaitolikos in the Cup: “We have to keep the ball low and that’s what we’re doing. The Cup is an institution that we are very interested in and it is our first priority. We listen to the thirst and the will of the whole world but on the other hand we are in a great team and we play in every game to win”.