Mendiliber: “Fair result, it was a bad night – Maybe it’s an attitude thing, I’m to blame too”

With… his back against the wall, in terms of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Conference League, is now the Olympicafter the heavy home defeat by a score 4-1 from Maccabi Tel Aviv in Faliro, in the first game between them for the “16” of the institution.

After the end of the match, the “red and white” coach, Jose Luis Mendiliber, he stood on his team’s poor performance, stressing that the result is fair. Afterwards, he emphasized that the fact that Piraeus entered the match lazily and conceded two goals may be a matter of mentality, taking his own share of the responsibility.

The statements of Jose Luis Mendiliber in detail:



For what went wrong: “It was a night where the result was fair, they surprised us in the first half, with two quick goals, they could have surprised us more. We improved in the second half, we could have scored a second goal, things were bad for us.”

On what’s to blame for the two goals in the first ten minutes: “As I have said, many times we have not entered the game well, it is perhaps a matter of mentality, I also have a responsibility in this part, I have told it to the players, maybe I have not made it clear. In Greece you can turn the score around, but in Europe against teams that have clarified their position, you easily accept the third goal. It’s something we have to investigate.”

For the rematch: “It will be difficult to turn the score around, we will need a quick goal, but one is not enough, we have to score three in total and not concede any. We shouldn’t go crazy, we know the damage was done in the first match, let’s go there and play the game, knowing that things are difficult.”

For the derby with Panathinaikos: “I have already told the players that we have to turn the chip around immediately, it is an important game for the club and the world, to change our thinking quickly. Let’s not think about what happened today. Let’s use today as a lesson to be alert.”