Mendiliber: “We don’t settle for anything other than victory against AEK – We want to meet again in this stadium”

It is clear that the Olympic does not settle for anything other than the victory against AEK (31/03, 20:30) is the Jose Luis Mendiliber.

In his statements to the Cosmote TV camera, the coach of the “red and white” mentioned, among other things, that the Piraeus team are doing very well in their away games, while he emphasized that it’s not going to change his team’s playing philosophy.

In fact, he underlined that there is a possibility that the Piraeus will meet again this season at the OPAP Arena, meaning of course the final European Conference League.

In detail, what Jose Luis Mendiliber said:

To prepare during the break: “We are ready to get back into action. We are very well. We are in very good condition. Our last game was an amazing qualifier with an upset. Nights like this always do the teams a lot of good, but we needed this Nationals break to rest after a lot of back-to-back games. Now we’re getting back into a stretch of back-to-back games, so that break has been good for us. We rested, we trained well and we feel that we are ready for what is coming. Of course, you never know that until the first game starts and you have to see it when you get into the action, but we feel really good.».

For racing stability: “Our last away games have all been very good. Both with PAOK and with Ferentsvaros and with Maccabi we played very well in everything and we hope for a similar appearance now. We know it will be a difficult game. We will be playing at the home of the current title holder and leader. It will be a challenging game against a good team. We respect them but I think they should think the same, that they respect Olympiakos. So I think it will be a very nice game in which our clear intention is to win. We don’t settle for anything other than winning».

On whether he’ll adjust things in his team’s game because of the opponent: “And why shouldn’t they adapt to us? We know that this is a good and very athletic team. We know that it has its positives, but like all teams it also has its disadvantages. As we know what good the enemy can do, so they know what good we can do. I believe that both teams will make some adjustments, but we never change our playing philosophy against any opponent. With all due respect to AEK, this is not going to change now».

On whether he’s considering visiting the same ground again in the season finale: “At the moment I’m not thinking about anything other than AEK. We know of course that there is a possibility in the future, at the end of the season, that we will visit this stadium again and of course if that happens we will very much want to win this game. But all that is too far away now. All our thinking and all our concentration is on Sunday’s game».