Olympiacos made it 2/2 at the start of this year’s Stoiximan Super League, winning with great difficulty against Athens Kallithea at “Georgios Karaiskakis”.
At the press conference after the end of the match, the coach of the “red and whites”, Jose Luis Bentilibarspoke about his team’s poor performance in the second half, stressed that this game should be a good lesson for his players, while adding that he expects more additions to the roster before the end of the transfer window.
In detail what the coach of Olympiakos said:
“Everything started very well, in the first 25 minutes we were in control and created chances. In the second half, the opponent was better and scored a well-deserved goal. It seemed that nothing could be changed, but in the end we found the goal and won the match. We must learn from the match and work on parts of our game”.
On the impact of Esse’s absence after his injury: “We have no news about his condition. The doctors will examine him and see what he has. He is calm in the locker room, but he felt discomfort and had to come out. We started to fall from the last minutes of the second half. His absence certainly didn’t help. We missed a player who has control in the center. After his substitution, the opponent started to threaten more”.
Regarding the fact that Olympiacos got two goals from two transfer acquisitions: “It is important that a goal is scored and not whether it was scored by an old or a new player. All players need to improve. For example, Velde needs to improve his blocking contribution. Yaremchuk needs to improve his physical condition. Surely the goal will help him in his psychology”.
On how worried he is about adding players with build to their game ahead of the European list being announced: “In the first 25 minutes the team was very complete, creative and we played comprehensively. The market is still open and additions will be made. Our team has ambitions to finish the year as they played today in the first 25 minutes”.
Source: Sport Fm
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