Borovilos: What he said about Asteras’ victory over Olympiakos, about Makelele, about refereeing and Rastavacs

THE George Borovilos spoke to ERA SPORT and mentioned among other things, of course, the great victory of Asteras AKTOR over Olympiakos (1-0).

The Arcades strongman then spoke about his removal Claude Makelele from the bench, but also his arrival Savva Pantelidisas well as for playing with OFI and him Milan Rastavac.

His statements:

For the victory over Olympiakos: “It was definitely a big win. A victory of substance and psychology. We needed a good result so that we could have a better continuation. We see that the “small and medium” teams are doing just fine and we have a competitive league. Something that any sane sports fan likes. And I think there will be a similar continuation.”

Regarding the change of Makelele and the arrival of Pantelidis: “Each group defends its interests, as it thinks. So it was decided that a change of coach should be made. From there on, time will tell whether and to what extent this decision was correct. Always when you make a decision, you believe that you are making it for the right one. But time is what confirms or shows if you were wrong. We hope that we have not made a mistake and that with Pantelidis the team will be able to find a better pace. A team that we have set up so that this year it enters the 5-8 group, to be able to claim a ticket to Europe. But we know that this dream also exists for the other teams who hope to enter this group. Time will tell whether and to what extent this change will be a lasting upward trend.”

For the championship: “If we were talking about a sample of 3-4 matches, we would say that it was by chance. We are now talking about ten games in a 26-game league. More than 1/3. It is logical to say that this year is not a coincidence because the sample is enough to give us conclusions. I appreciate that there is a year with good teams. A year that will give us emotions. We see that in the 10th game Aris is first, without wanting to underestimate Aris, but we see that he has behind him all the teams of the “Big-4″ that we talked about before. The middle teams look up to the big ones and this is to the benefit of the fans who want to see better football. We see that even in Europe this is happening. This is what every sports fan wants.”

For the match with OFI: “Before OFI, Asteras AKTOR competes with Zakynthos. In football you should never underestimate any of your opponents. So we have this game first and then OFI, who really showed that he is very strong. PAOK won with an upset in Toumba. It is a team that is traditionally strong. Now we will have the peculiarity that we will have our previous and excellent coach, Mr. Rastavacs. It will be an exciting game.”

For the refereeing in the championship: “Each owner has the right to defend the rights of his team. The opinion of Mr. Iliopoulos is respected. I think there is an effort this year to have better referees. Obviously mistakes have been made. Mr. Lanois and his associates should see them. I believe that the problem in refereeing is in the education part. I think referees need more training. And the fact that they lack big games and play “small and medium” matches is a disadvantage. A referee who plays in a derby, has the psychology to have a better performance in the following games. When we limit their referees to the scale of small and medium games, it is very difficult for them to get those experiences that they need so that they step on the pitches better. This is a big problem. Like that of education”.