Great performance for Olympiakos, who “swallowed” in “G. Karaiskakis” the Bragafor its 2nd matchday League Phase of the Europa League.
The “red and white” impressed with their performance and with an emphatic three-pointer they destroyed the Portuguese 3-0 (03/10).
At the press conference after the end of the match, Jose Luis Mendiliber talked about his condition Chikiniowho left the field injured, but also for the new position, which is now contested by Rodney.
In detail what Jose Luis Mendiliber said:
Was the reason Olympiacos played their best match this year because several players had high performance standards? Also how important was the goal that came in at the end of the half?
“I definitely think we started the match well, but then the match became even and I think the goal came at the best moment of the matchtowards the end of the first half. That helped us enough that in the second half we started strongly, having the lead in the score and I think we had the upper hand at all levels. So, yes, I think the goal came at the best time.”
It’s Rodney’s second match playing as a winger, are you thinking of establishing him there? Also, is there any news about the condition of Tsikinios in view of the match with Panathinaikos?
“We have no news about Tsiquinios, tomorrow when the exams will be held we will have the final answer. Rodney is one attacking winger and is happy in that position and it gives us many things. Attacking is something that suits him and makes him feel good, so this formation has worked well for us as well.”
At the beginning of October usually the teams that do not have qualifiers start to take shape and Olympiacos now showed its best performance, is this coincidental? Also, is Mouzakitis, who we no longer call “little”, establishing himself as a starter at Olympiakos?
“It was just one game, we can’t draw conclusions from one match. Now things went as we wanted, but we can’t say that the next matches will be even better because now we played well. Things always depend on the opponent, now with Braga we got everything we wanted on the pitch, on Sunday things can be completely different. Our intention is always to play like this. Everyone knows, the players and the world, what we want to do and when we do it, the result is good for us. However, Mouzakitis is young, we can call him “small”.
Was it the goal that came in the last minutes of the first half that helped Olympiakos to continue or were your instructions to play so pressingly in the second half?
“Definitely the first goal we scored came at a good time for us, because we were under pressure at that time from our opponent. However, our idea is always to press high and steal the ball and when a goal is scored it always helps all teams.”
See what he also said to the Cosmote TV camera:
Source: Sport Fm
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