Vitoria: “We know what to do with Vikingour – I have decided 95% for the defensive twin”

Clear about how Panathinaikos should be presented in tomorrow’s match with Vikingour at OAKA was Rui Vittoria in his statements at the press conference. The Greens technician argued that he and his players know what tomorrow’s match needs and added that his team should be strong from the first minute.

The Portuguese said he was expecting how Vikingur would deal with the match, and stressed that the team needs more defensively and effectiveness aggressively.

Regarding racing problems, he said that today after training he will know which players will be definitively at his disposal and made it clear that she has decided on what will be a twin of central defenders and waiting for training to receive his final decision.

In detail what he said at the press conference:



Based on the first match and the fact that no European match is considered easy, where have you focused more on the rematch?



“We certainly understand the importance of tomorrow’s struggle, so we have to focus on all areas and not just the regular or psychological. We have to get strong from the first minute, with determination to win. The whole team must have the winner’s spirit to move on to the next phase. In the regular piece we need to know where we will move to find the places we want. We are waiting for an opponent who will be closed behind and look for counterattacks. We need to have quick circulation when we reach the last third of the court to take advantage of the creativity and inspirations of our quality players. We need to take advantage of the opportunities we will create and score. We are a team that very much wants to win. As Tette said we had a difficult week, but we have all the conditions to win and move on to the next phase. ”



Panathinaikos, in addition to everything else, had many absences to manage. An important absence was Arao. Since he entered the training yesterday, to what extent is he from prepared? What is the situation of Vagiannidis ahead of tomorrow’s struggle?



“Today is the latest workout, we will see who are the players who will be 100% available. Arao did a regular training yesterday, but comes from many workouts that could not take part. This is something we need to see until the last minute. I will have more players available from those I thought a few days ago. We must not forget that we are in a phase of many consecutive games, in 40 days we have given many demanding matches. They certainly had some costs. Playing Thursday-Sunday is more difficult than playing Tuesday or Wednesday. We had our restrictions on the calendar. Footballers who had some injury problems, but I think we will return to regularity. Tomorrow we will be in great mood and determination, no matter who they will play, because we are a great team. ”



In the last games, Panathinaikos has been scoring a goal in almost every final of the opponent. This as a picture is concerned. Is it about the psychological part or the regular approach?



“I will agree with this analysis. I always want to see things positively, the good thing is that we do not allow many finals to the opponent. From the first moment we wanted to do it. The truth is that now the very few finals of our opponent last cost us too much, there is also the factor of luck, but not only he. Especially in such games, our concentration should be 100%. Even when the ball is stopped or the rhythm seems to be frozen, there we may not have the concentration that the opponent should exploit. We have to be 100% at all times. We also work this in training, although we have recently done mainly rehabilitation and recovery workouts due to the continuous races. We always work as much as we can. It is not always the opponent with a final goal of finding a goal and we are creating so many phases and not taking advantage of them. We need to have a concentration in defense and improve the efficiency of attack. I feel that opponents do not cause so many defensive problems, just because they score it seems to be a big problem. If we remove the goals we received and see who was worth winning, we most often deserve. The fact that this is not done sometimes has to do with some issues that have to do with concentration and efficiency. We work hard on this piece to improve our results. ”



For tomorrow’s match you have Ingasson available in the center of defense. All the rest of the stopper is out. Is it in your mind clear what will you do tomorrow or is you concerned?



“I’m at 95%, I’ve decided who the footballer will be. I expect a 5% to pass and the last workout. I can’t share anything more. We have this difficulty, but tomorrow we will be a highly competitive, very quality team that will do everything possible to pass. And the opponent has my own value and ambition, he has shown positive things in the first match, but we are a very good team with quality and if we make the maximum the result will be a positive result for us. I have made the decision 95% and tomorrow I will announce it to the players. “