The day after the defeat by Panathinaikos (1-3) found him Olympic in crisis. The climate in Rentis was heavy and the Jose Luis Mendilibar before team training he gathered the players to discuss what went wrong and two bad results came, with Maccabi Tel Aviv and in the “eternal” derby.
The Basque coach pointed out to his players that they repeated the same mistakes again voicing grievances because they did not work as a team. Some players reported that they have not yet adapted to their coach’s “wants” and may not have fully understood the way of the game which he himself wants to implement. THE Youssef El Arabihowever, making a leading intervention, he emphasized that the players themselves must take on the responsibilities assigned to them.
Mendilibar released their players for today in order to unload them, mainly mentally, before the rematch with Maccabi Tel Aviv in Serbia on Thursday (22:00). The “red and white” will train tomorrow morning in Athens and then the mission will be announced. Most likely there are changes in the basic shape, with players such as Tsiquinio, Kini, Ibora and Doi vying for a place in the starting line-up, while it is possible that there will even be a change of goalkeeper because Paschalakis has some problems with his shoulder. In any case, the Piraeus want to initially fight for the victory and if the conditions arise to claim a very difficult reversal after 1-4 in the first match of the “16” of the Conference League.
Source: Sport Fm
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