Nikolakopoulos: “Olympiacos lifted a huge burden from him, which he had been carrying for decades”

His own analysis of his qualification Olympiakou in the “8” of the Conference League, where he will face Fenerbahce, Kostas Nikolakopoulos told News Bulletin 247.

“For Olympiakos, it was a huge deal for the whole club that a burden, carried by the team, was gone, that it had not played a match in Europe in April. They are the first team from Greece, in games and points collection, and they had never done anything similar before. Olympiacos had a huge burden and as long as you don’t overcome it, it grows and becomes unbearable“, the team reporter initially reported.

“He worked on it for many years, especially in the last 25 years and even more so in the last 15 years. He started working on it much better, from 2000 onwards, and he put a lot of effort into making it happen. With Wolves it could be done, it could be done with Metalist. Something always happened and Olympiacos couldn’t do more than that, which based on its dynamics and world, it deserved“, he added.

And he continued, saying:From now on, Olympiacos should work on the next phase, to reach April again, to be more ready at this particular point in time. The ideal would be to do it now, since it was a normal draw with Fenerbahce. There is still a lot of time until these matches. If the team is in good shape and has no other losses, such as Podense who is the best player and will miss the first match against the Turks, and there are no other contingencies and the team is as it should be for the specific games».