Manzios: “We have good contact with Ioannidis – Something was said between us and it stayed there”

About the incident with him Fotis Ioannidis at half time of the match with Panathinaikos spoke o Akis Manzios.

In his statements to NOVA, his coach Mars clarified, among other things, that he has good relationship with the striker of Panathinaikos and the episode is considered over.

As for the upcoming game with her AEKnoted that the two teams know each other well from his matches Cup and he expressed the hope that his can extract a result in OPAP Arena.

What Manzios said in detail

On what was left of Aris from the previous game against Panathinaikos: “What we don’t keep is the… result! A result that, based on the image of the game, I don’t think we deserved. I think we did a “full” show. There are a lot of elements in this game that satisfied us, but in the end it comes down to the result and we didn’t like that at all.”.

On whether this game showed something ahead of the Cup final, although he made it clear that it was not a rehearsal: “No game is a rehearsal for the final. The final is a special game! We made a very good effort. We played very good football, but we didn’t get the point. Panathinaikos, which is a big team with an excellent roster, took advantage of our mistakes and won”.

As for whether the passion that Aris brought out for victory and the 22 finals he made are elements that the team keeps for the rest of the season and until the end of the season: “It’s definitely something we’re keeping! We want to continue like this and improve as a team. I repeat that it was a very “full” game from our side, in many parts of it.”

About the incident at halftime of the match, in which he and Fotis Ioannidis were involved: “First of all, let me clarify that Fotis is a child with whom we have worked. I have given him playing time in the Super League, when we were together at Levadeiakos. He is an excellent football player! I am very happy about his development! I have spoken publicly about Fotis as a football player. He knows it himself, because we have a good relationship.

I have been with his father in Panionios, when we won the Cup against Panathinaikos as football players. All these figures with what was said about challenges and gestures are far from it. Those about challenges belong in the realm of imagination. What was written and said are jokes! These are incidents that happen in football. There was no intention, neither by me, nor by Fotis, for anything different. Something was said between us and it stayed over there.”

For the upcoming game against AEK: “It’s a difficult game. We have played several times with AEK. We know her strengths and weaknesses. Similarly, AEK knows about us. The level of difficulty is high anyway, since AEK is claiming the championship, as is the case with all the teams in the top four. We have nothing to hide from AEK and AEK from us. We know each other very well. The point is to be serious and disciplined in this game, to be able to claim the positive result.”

For the rotation he is thinking of doing from now on, since in the league the goal of fourth place seems to have been lost for good, after the two consecutive defeats in the last games: “Now, since we cannot claim anything more in the championship, we will divide the playing time. We already do it and we will do it again until the end. We want to have all our players healthy for the final game. In this context, we will give time to several children”.