Panathinaikos had the opportunity to “clean up” the qualification in its third qualifying round Europa Leaguehowever with his mistakes he kept her Botev alive ahead of the return leg, taking the win 2-1.
The defensive midfielder of the Bulgarian team, Yanis Karabelievcommented on both the first match and the upcoming replay, stressing that the “greens” are a very strong team, but everything is possible.
In detail what he said:
“Panathinaikos is a very strong team, but once again we proved that when we want to we can achieve what is asked of us. We lacked patience and confidence. 2-1 is a good result but there is one more game to play.
We should prepare for the second match. In my opinion there are no new and old players. There is a set of quality footballers who give their all for the team to win.
Our coaches focused on Panathinaikos’ strengths, but we knew what we had to do. We learned our lesson and are better prepared for the next match.
It won’t be easy. Every match is important for us. We have to prove what we can do to achieve our goals. The goal we scored kept us alive. We are still in the qualification. We believe and hope that we will succeed.”
Source: Sport Fm
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