Kin: “Nothing is finished, we will adapt to the changes of Olympiakos”

THE Olympic travels to Israel, aiming to overturn the score of the first match (4-1) and qualify for the next stage of European Conference League.

The assignment of the “red and whites” is very difficult and the coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv, Robbie Keane spoke at the press conference about the match, stating that his team must remain focused despite the result of the first match.

About whether something is finished: “I don’t think it’s over. Olympiacos is a big, very quality team that can hurt us. It is very important that we are all focused, if we think the game is over – then we are in trouble. I told my players. You don’t have to believe that something happened, you have to believe that we can win. That’s the mentality we’re trying to bring to the team, that’s my mentality, that’s got to be their mentality.”

About how Olympiacos will play: “It doesn’t matter what Olympiacos will do, we will adapt to whatever changes they make. I don’t know what Mediliber will do. We will know in a few minutes what he has prepared for us and what they will try. In terms of how we play and how we want to play, it doesn’t matter, we have a very clear way.”

For the first game and the result: “The players showed determination, passion and fighting spirit to defend the goal, not just score. We showed great desire as a team. Our unity was very strong. When you stay in the plan and stay as a team, you achieve a lot of things, we will need that tomorrow too, to be cool in front of goal, knowing how to be lethal there. It is very important”.

For Olympiakos: “I played for 20 years myself, I know what happens when you lose and how much it hurts. I don’t think for a second that they’re going to come and just swing the ball and wait for it to be over. Their coach is very good and experienced, they will come to fight just like us.”

For his team’s goals: “The ceiling of this team is very high, I really believe that. They demand of themselves all the time, in every practice, not just in the games, to set high standards. They have to live up to that and I expect that from them and if they can do that then they can achieve anything.”

And finished: “The whole team had a terrible campaign, I think we had one game at home, at the start of the season against Brideblick and every game since then we had to travel – Poland, Serbia, we trained outside Israel. It’s a team, not individuals, they deserve a lot of credit, but you shouldn’t take your foot off the gas – that’s my message.”