Mediliber: “We are tired like PAOK, but we have 31 players – There is no excuse”

Only a few hours after the difficult and demanding games with Rangers and Manchester United in the Europa League, Olympic and PAOK will face each other on Sunday night (10/11, 20:30) in Toumba for the 11th matchday of the Stoiximan Super League.

Speaking to Nova’s camera ahead of the big derby, the “red and white” coach, Jose Luis Mendiliberreferred to among others in fatigue that exists in both gladiators, but also in the fact that this should not be an excuse, since he has at his disposal many important solutions on the roster.

The statements of Jose Luis Mendiliber in detail:



The derby with PAOK is coming, a fairly big game for the Greek league, how does Olympiacos expect it and how will it approach it: “It is true that it is a very important game for both teams and they want to win it very much. The conditions are similar for both of us, we are coming from tiring games, so we will both be tired on Sunday, but we want to have a good game and hopefully we can put in a good performance and be able to get the result we want.”

How much will the game against Rangers affect Olympiakos both in terms of physical forces and in terms of tactics: “It will certainly affect us in terms of fatigue, but this cannot be an excuse, because PAOK will also be very tired, because they had a game of the same difficulty. So surely there will be fatigue. We have some time to rest, but also to work on the tactics of the game and there is no excuse, because we have 31 players and there will certainly be players who will be in the conditions to play on Sunday.”

Apart from the players who will compete, if he thinks this will be an interesting game of coaches against PAOK: “No, because the ones who play are the footballers. The coaches are there to give advice, to give instructions, to make changes, but the ones who win or lose the game are the players.”