About the upcoming (21/4, 20:30) derby between Olympiakos and PAOK at “Georgios Karaiskakis”, spoke Jose Luis Mendiliber!
The Basque technician referred to apotheosis that he and his players met on their return from Istanbul, stressing that the qualification to the semi-finals of the Conference League has given incredible spiritual power to his team, while he made it clear that the “red and white” are ready to face any opponent!
In detail what the coach of Olympiakos said:
On the apotheosis he experienced at the airport from Olympiakos friends: “Yes, I have experienced it again a few days ago when the same thing happened when we came back from Serbia after qualifying against Maccabi. We were trying to “escape” from the world because we got back very late and had very few hours ahead of us to rest, so we had to leave quickly. That’s the beauty of football. To give so much joy to the world”.
On whether he has spoken to Unai Emery: “Not yet. They also came back very late, they also had a journey to make. But we will see each other in the two matches. We have coexisted many times in the past with Unai. Despite our age difference, we started together in the second division of Spain. He in Almeria and I in Valladolid. We had a parallel course and we have been opponents several times as coaches”.
About what he said to Tzolakis: “I spoke to him like any other day and before the game and after. Nothing has changed. The day after the match I saw him at breakfast where he was eating with Retso, I greeted them, said good morning and then we went out for training”.
For the match with PAOK: “The hours we have rested are very few and that is a challenge, but this qualification has given us incredible mental strength. I think we are ready to play with anyone at the moment, unlike the opponent, who after the European elimination has to concentrate his forces in the Greek league and for us this might be an advantage”.
Source: Sport Fm
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