Almeida: “Happy for AEK and for Greek football”

At the level of competition of the Greek championship stood o Matias Almeida ahead of AEK’s match with Mars, on Sunday (3/3, 19:30) at “Kl. Vikelidis” for the 26th (and last regular season) matchday of the Stoiximan Super League.

The Argentinian coach emphasized that he is happy that his team is first, but mainly for Greek football because of the competition.

From there, he was asked to comment on his statements Akis Manziouwho described AEK as the best team in the league at the moment.

In detail, Matias Almeida spoke to NOVA about:

– the preparation of AEK ahead of the game with Aris: “We are trying to get the players back quickly, but I think all the teams have played, we have the same rest days. We are fine, with appetite».

-how he thinks that AEK is first before the last match of the regular season: “Calmly. Knowing that we have to play this match with Aris and then the… other league starts, as I say, the Playoffs. We can say that on the one hand I am happy for us as well, but mainly for Greek football, because there is competition that we will see in the Playoffs».

-that last year he said that the championship will be decided at the last second and this year we see even more competition: “Yes, we are very close and I think it will be similar».

– how he expects Aris and if he expects the same match as in the Cup: “I believe it will be a similar game, because neither the opponent has changed his style of play nor us. We did well in the two matches we played, obviously the last game was decided on penalties, but in general we played well. And tomorrow will be a similar game».

– the fact that Akis Manzios described AEK as the best team in the league: “First of all to thank him. I believe that there are many teams that play good football. And Aris is having a very good year. So it will be a beautiful game».