Koumendakis: “We are starting a journey, which we hope will be as long as possible”

Ready for his first European trip against the backdrop of the “stars” is Olympicwho at noon on Monday (16/09) left for North Macedonia, where tomorrow (7/9, 20:00) he will face the Strumicain the first game between them for the first qualifying round of the CEV Champions League.

At the departure of the group from “El. Venizelos”, both the club coachas well as team players, made statements, emphasizing, among other things, that the goal is qualification and a good course in the competition.

“Tomorrow, we start the Champions League qualifiers. The most important thing for us is to find the rhythm of the game, because we have not played friendly matches, which is not normal for the team, starting with a qualifying match. However, so far, we have done a very good job. We didn’t have much time, but I think we are ready, the guys have understood how important the CEV Champions League is. We will try to give our best”said the coach of the “red and whites”, Andrea Gardini.

For his part, the Serbian diagonally, Alexander Atanasievich, stated that: “We’re starting. Our first trip. We are going to North Macedonia, for the qualifiers of the CEV Champions League. For sure, we are expecting a difficult match, but I am happy that we are all healthy and I hope we play a good game.”

For his part, the international winger of Piraeus, Raphael Koumentakisemphasized: “We are starting a journey, which we hope will be as long as possible. We can’t wait for our European duties to start, we want to go as far as we can. First, to win our first game, which is difficult. The first games always hide some difficulties. Let’s enter the groups and do our best.”