Bakasetas: “We were surprised by the opponents’ system change”

Tasos Bakasetas spoke about the change of system of Finland and Ireland and the effort of Ivan Jovanovic and the players to understand it and adapt, he spoke about the calmness of the national team when they were not in control of the match, he considers it necessary for them to keep the ball and he spoke about assist to Joli in 0-2.

In detail:

On the team’s poor starts against Finland and Ireland, despite two wins: “I’m going to tell you something you’re not obligated to know, but it’s the truth. In both matches, the opponent played with a formation that he had never played before. This cannot be known, the players must see this during the match. Our weakness in beginnings is due to this element. We can’t know if an opponent changes their attack style.

From there on, from this match we must keep the calm of the team, the confidence we exude. We want to keep the ball and when we score a goal, then with any opponent we can achieve beautiful things”.

For the third assist in a row: “Okay, it’s an assist on paper for Fotis, he made a great execution. I’m happy to play for the National Team, I have an extra weight because I’m the captain. Goals and assists are my joy, but the important thing is to help the team. I always want to give my best, to be an example for everyone. We are very happy to have won.”