Buffett: “Olympiacos is not afraid of any opponent – tomorrow we will know how many of our fans will be in Berlin”

Christos Bafes was clear that Olympiacos is not afraid of any opponent in his statements on Channel 1 of Piraeus. The sporting director of the red and white KAE declared confident about the team’s competitive and psychological state ahead of the semi-final with Real Madrid and pointed out that there is still no accurate picture of how many Piraeus fans will be in Berlin.

The statements of Christos Buffet in detail…

-Has your phone been broken by the calls these days?

“No, because I made it clear from the first moment that they are not going to find a single ticket from me, and it’s really the first Final Four in the nine I’ve been to, where in the past I even found 40 tickets, this year I didn’t find a single one. I knew the difficulties before, we have saddened many mainly strangers because those close to us understand and see the pressure that exists, I left yesterday with Nikos Lepeniotis from SEF at 11:30 in the evening from 9 in the morning, trying to help even one who wanted to be there, but it should be something relative because everyone thinks and does well that it should be there. Unfortunately, it is not possible and I mean it literally”

-The atmosphere in the team in the last hours before departure:



“Yesterday’s training took place as usual with all players present and ready, everyone this week must be there from their own position to be available to Giorgos Bartzokas. This is also our conductor, we are going without any stress, it is the third consecutive Final Four, of course we are going to lift the trophy, we have experience, it is two games, but Real, with its presence throughout this season, has shown that is the big favorite to win the trophy, but beyond that, Olympiacos with its presence in the last three years has proven that it looks all opponents in the eye, it is not afraid of anyone and we think that if we play our game, of course we will be able to let us be in the final claiming the trophy”

-For the body language of players who seem more relaxed:



“We are not afraid of any opponent, nor were we anxious, last year for example the feeling we had was that we entered any stadium and there was no thought of defeat, that was the way the team played. The problem this year was the injuries, we didn’t know what would dawn on us, we don’t say it as a complaint because for one two years everything was perfect, this year they all fell together in key players of different positions as a result of which the team can’t find its chemistry in the field. At the critical point, however, the presidents once again went above and beyond as they have for so many years, having spent millions of money and hours, they again helped the team as the coach instructed them and so we are back in this big meeting for the ninth time in the last 15 years »

-What happened this year with the reduction of tickets for the groups from about 800 to 540?



“It wasn’t 800, what has been released is wrong and last year we got about the same tickets, the difference is that in previous years the teams that were there, for example in Kaunas, which was far away, didn’t have as many people with them. This year there were teams that traditionally gather people, however there are too many Greek sports fans who have bought tickets and will be in Berlin before the qualifiers”

-If there is an image for the number of Olympiakos friends who will be at Uber Arena:



“We don’t have an exact picture, tomorrow we will know, but there will be too many.”