Arao: “Whoever plays for Panathinaikos knows the responsibility he has – Let’s take advantage of our opportunities”

For the responsibilities of every football player who plays for Panathinaikos, but also the opportunities that the “greens” must take advantage of in the first match against Botevmentioned the Willian Arao at the press conference ahead of tomorrow’s match.

His team Diego Alonso will fight on Thursday (25/7) for the result that will give him a significant lead in qualifying for his third qualifying round Europa League, with the Brazilianto emphasize that Panathinaikos has studied its opponent and that everyone has worked on specific things.

The Brazilian’s statements in detail:

-First match with a very big qualification obligation for Panathinaikos. How do the players experience this every day and what does the team need tomorrow to take the first step?

“First of all, anyone who plays for Panathinaikos knows very well the responsibility they have and everything they have to do. So we all know what we have to do. It’s a beautiful pressure for any player. We must have a sure fight, a fight that will be right. We will have to take advantage of our opportunities in tomorrow’s match and ensure victory and then qualification”.

-The team is starting its duties early again this year. It is a game that will not be played at Leoforo, but at OAKA, where such matches took place last year. When it appeared that the team had a reaction in more difficult matches. Where do you think the matches will be decided and especially in a season like this, where there can be improvement from week to week.

“As you rightly said, we played here last year as well. It’s a familiar ground, we know exactly what we’re going to find. We know the differences with Leoforo. We look forward to having our fans, who will support us. We have also seen the opponent, his strengths and weaknesses. We will look to take advantage of their opportunities.”

-What do you think are your opponent’s strengths?

“We have seen videos of the opponent. I won’t talk about them, but we are a day before the match. I don’t want to say anything more. There are points that we have to pay attention to, the coach has told us, we have seen them. We have worked some specific things on it. We have our strategy on the field and we will look for victory”.