Salpingidis: “It seemed difficult but not impossible for Olympiakos and PAOK – National team can qualify”

Dimitris Salpingidis conveyed his own congratulations on the major qualifiers of Olympiakos and PAOK to News Bulletin 247 and Sotiris Tabakos. The veteran ace admitted that yesterday morning before the matches he too thought the conditions were difficult but not impossible.

Regarding the National team, he said that it is a great opportunity to be present in a final phase of a European competition with the motivation for all players being quite big.

Hear what he said to News Bulletin 247

For the presence of the Greek teams yesterday and two major qualifiers?

To be honest I thought the conditions were difficult but not impossible. The kids did it, but congratulations to both teams. It is the first time and this is a great benefit for our country for better placements in the future.

For PAOK



It has a stability, a good image. It makes sense in a marathon to have a tummy tuck. They are excellent this year as a team, and have done quite well. due to bad luck, he did not qualify for the final. It’s natural that sometimes you don’t go well in some matches, as it happened in Zagreb, but yesterday it also showed that PAOK is an excellent team.

For Olympiakos:

Olympiacos is a different team from PAOK. He is searching for his identity, but the club’s glamor and potential to bring in good players is a positive.

If he has any premonitions in the draw and what is his comment on the possibility of civil war:



It will be both good and bad a case of Greek civil war because we will definitely have a team in the semi-finals. No, but I don’t have a feeling…

For the national team



We wish everyone to do well and after years to give a date in a big tournament. We can claim the ticket and it remains for the children to do what they know best. If I wanted to anoint someone as a favorite, it would be our national team.

Of course there is pressure and stress but we are talking about a set of games.

For motivation:



It was also present in our other cases and groups and it is a given that whatever the age, the motivation is the same. It is normal for children to want to be in a big event. When the years are running short it is perhaps something that you have on your mind more, but not that you have a bigger one.

Do you see common elements of this group with the previous ones that have successes?



It is an element that is indisputable. He shows that he is conceding difficult goals and it is the right time for our country to go to a big tournament. It is futile to debate whether an earlier team was better than this year’s.