Demis: “Panathinaikos was impressive, his eye shined – Good thought, but he didn’t get the two goals of Mendiliber”

Impressed by the appearance of Panathinaikos in their victory (1-3) over Olympiakos in “G. Karaiskakis”, left o Demis Nikolaidis.

The veteran ace commented and analyzed on his NOVA show the derby at the Faleri stadium, making a special mention of mentality shown by the “greens”. He stopped at his thought Jose Luis Mendilibar to start with two attackersexplaining that she was good but didn’t come out to the Vasco technician.

“I was left with the reaction of Panathinaikos and his appearance. Perhaps the best performance this year, because the match was so important. They came in with a mindset and a “want” that I have to get this match. And they succeeded and showed us that the result based on performance was also fair. Impressive the appearance of Panathinaikos in my opinion.

How do we say? “it was shining in their eye”; That’s what Panathinaikos was giving me. He was more determined and fresher, stronger, better in duels. It was impressive that he fell behind in the score and turned it around so easily. Of course, there was also an Olympiacos, who was not at his best day, he was tired, Medilibar has work to do. I expect such performances and good luck to Olympiakos and in other matches they are not good. It makes sense to me“, he initially said, filling in for Panathinaikos: “He declared himself “present” in the championship. Because, again, he couldn’t come back if he lost. It would be very difficult. And if we see him like this again? The point is to keep it. Can he keep it? Very difficult thing, for a team to play so well. If he keeps it, we are talking about a lot of interest in the league».

He also added: “I didn’t expect either Panathinaikos to be so good or Olympiakos to be so bad. What impressed me the most in the match is that there was no reaction from Olympiakos when it was 1-3. No reaction, as if surrendered. Another team that lacked energy. Panathinaikos is much faster, more decisive. With Perez pacing the match throughout the first half, for me he was one of the best players in the game. Next to him he had players who helped him, while on the other hand Perez did not have players who helped him in the midfield.

Medilibar thought to pressure the Panathinaikos stoppers by putting a second striker. Good thinking before the match, but in the game we saw that it didn’t work out for him. On the one hand, he was missing a midfielder and on the other, putting a second center forward alongside El Kaabi, who is a player who plays in the area, ultimately made his mission and life more difficult in the match. Because when another center forward plays next to El Kaabi, for example Navarro, it means that El Kaabi has less space. Putting in another center forward is a whole other match for the other forward. It has happened to me too. It’s a different match, not that it’s bad, but it’s a different game. Thirdly, Olympiakos lacked freshness and energy, as did PAOK».