Yannis Petrakis couldn’t believe the way Panaitolikos lost to Olympiakos.
“Let them understand that it is a sin for their trouble not to go to the checkout. It is not enough to “play well and lose”. We have to become more cynical, realistic“, said the experienced technician referring to his players, but also “We played like little kids in the end».
What he said in detail
For the result with Olympiakos: “I’m not upset. I’m pissed off, pissed off. We play with a team in a very good moon, we succeed and we advance. We controlled the game. Olympiacos had possession, we didn’t accept chances. The equalizing goal was lucky. Of course, we didn’t have a chance either. It’s exactly the same goal we conceded last Sunday. There is nothing we can do, we accept it. We played like little kids in the end. This process, with such an effort to get to this point, everyone must understand that we cannot play for the sake of playing. The effort is not enough, we must also go to the results. It happened in the previous game too. We didn’t get what we deserved».
For the continuation of the championship: “First of all, let’s thank the world. He was touching. It recognizes and makes us feel like we’re trying and being recognized. At the moment we have an image that our position does us no justice. It has to change. From the way I mentioned. We’ve shown we can do things and by chance or immaturity we lose games. Let’s keep what we show. We have a solid image. And to become more cynical, efficient, to take back what we are entitled to. It’s not enough for me to play well and lose. If we don’t play well we lose».
On whether luck played a role: “Responsibilities are collective. We all lose together, we all win together. The mistake will be individual and will concern me first of all. To fix it we need to highlight. There is no I in the team, there is a we. We all make mistakes, me first. Tell me a coach in the world who doesn’t make mistakes, let’s go consult him.
We need the grades, we deserve grades based on pictures and we don’t get them. We have to go to the result. I can’t do anything about the same own goal. And in life anything can happen. How do we predict this? We can not. I hope these will be returned to us along the way. It’s something we accept, it happened to us, it’s only going to pay us back when we keep doing what we’re doing and put realism into our game».
On what he said to his players, but also the match with Kifisia that follows: “The issue is the image. It does not agree with the result. Shall we say we are ok and go on Sunday to do the same? Should the players who give everything, and today a deposit of soul, made understand that it is a sin for their trouble not to go to the cashier. It is not enough to “play well and lose”. We have to become more cynical, realistic. Whatever I say, if there is no image, there is no persuasion. We have repeated image that convinces. Isn’t it a sin not to go to the checkout?».
For Sengelia, who at the end of the match left throwing the jersey, instead of heading to the world: “I’m not up to date, I can’t place myself. When you play football there are emotions. It’s a player’s bad moment. It doesn’t happen every day. It’s human. If something like this has happened, it will not happen again».
Source: Sport Fm
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