Vitoria: “We didn’t play a good game, but we will go to the rematch with great faith – we can pass”

Panathinaikos lost 2-1 to Iceland from Vikingur And he will be called upon to overthrow the OAKA rematch in order to move on to this year’s Conference League.

With Rui Vitoria To point out at the press conference that the “clover” ineffective in the attack and frivolous in the defense while he made it clear that his team can to qualify in Athens, being better quality by the Icelanders.

In detail what Vitoria said:

For the image of Panathinaikos and the causes of the defeat: “It is a game that the team went well on the pitch. He had a double opportunity to get ahead of the score. The match turned because we conceded goals from an unsuspecting phase and the injuries of two key players. It created an imbalance. We could have a goal in the first half. In the second we could equalize. In the second phase of the opponent it became 2-0. We had no defensive stability. We could achieve one more. We are sad for the result. After 2-1 the way we played to equalize, we exposed our defense and we didn’t like it. We also lost two more players to the already injured. In the match at our headquarters, we can, on the basis of quality, to pass”

The loss of good defensive function that characterized Panathinaikos: “Indeed, for a long time we had defensive stability. When we came, it was one of the first issues we had to deal with. And we did it … lately the team is not going well. But there are changes to the players they play because of the conditions. They are costing us mistakes that are made and we could have avoided. We do not want to lose our defensive part, but we can improve it”

What should Panathinaikos change in the face of the rematch with Vikingour: “We will go to the rematch with great faith. We have quality and we have to show it. We can pass. We have a difficult game on Sunday, we have to rest our players. Even 2-0 to come the game, I would think we could win 3-0 and get through. The game we did was not good. We are better though, and we will have the opportunity to show that”

For the opportunities that Panathinaikos creates and not exploited and if he is happy with the alternate players who competed: “The team manages to create opportunities once again and not be effective. We miss the best final decision and the clear mind. Many times we have the ball on our feet, we go the ball around, we miss something that will help us score more goals. For players we have to surround them with a positive aura to help them so that they can contribute more to the team. Whatever we do, we will do it. And players have to pay us back our trust”

For the injuries of Bakassetta and Palmer-Brown, in view of the next matches: “It’s early to know something clear. They will not be available in the next race, without being a doctor I say. Let’s see what happens to the players who stayed in Athens, to see if they are available. In the league we have to approach the top and move on to the next phase next week in Europe”

For the team’s reaction after 2-1 and why Panathinaikos did not get energy out of: “It is a combination of things. Spiritually the team was not good at this point. After 2-1 I felt that my players want to come forward. I have to be a lesson that when there is no defensive balance, if the team is disorganized, it will not be able to achieve anything. And that can cost her a lot. The team must have clear thinking. We have to limit the evil that can happen. We have to concentrate on Sunday’s game and see the readiness of the players. We want calm and calm“