Manzios: “Defeat after defeat makes a difference – Let’s not make the same mistakes again”

Sta mistakes which must be restrained by Mars, stood the Akis Manzios in his statements ahead of Thessaloniki’s home match against AEK, on ​​Sunday (21/4, 19:30).

The Greek coach emphasized that his team should not concede goals at the start of the games. He explained, didn’t he, that defeat by defeat makes a differencenoting that against Panathinaikos the “yellows” made a good appearance (but without avoiding mistakes), while in the two away with Olympic and AEK they were bad.

In detail, Akis Manzios spoke to NOVA about:

-the image of Mars in the OPAP Arena: “We have to change our image compared to the last game. We need to cut down on the many unforced errors we made in this match. We know that in games like this, with big teams, every mistake pays. So we have to be very focused and focused on the next match».

-what he told his players during the week: “We didn’t like our image in the last game. In contrast, our image in the immediate past, with Panathinaikos, even though we were defeated, was much better. Defeat to defeat makes a difference. What we need to do is to change our minds so that we can be better in the next game at home against AEK. It is certainly a difficult match, against a very good team, and we have to be careful and focused against them. We must not make the same mistakes again and pay for them. And in the game against Panathinaikos, we lost because of such mistakes».

– the management in view of the final Cup: “We have to be focused on every game that comes and adapt only to it. We just have to deal with each game that comes and keep our minds only on that. Indeed, the Cup is far away. There is the will to win the trophy, everyone’s mind is on it, however, there are many games ahead and we must look at them seriously first. We are a big team and we have to aim to win every game until the playoffs are over. Then we will go to the final of the Cup and we must not forget that».

-how intense is the reflection that exists in the team for the three defeats in a row: “Of these three matches, in two away from home we were bad and didn’t deserve anything. In this with Panathinaikos, we deserved much more than we got. We were good, we created chances, but we didn’t score. We must learn from them. Let’s be careful afterwards, reducing our mistakes. All our opponents at this stage have quality, so accordingly we have to stand in the games as well. And we shouldn’t concede goals at the beginning of games, because it’s hard to come back».