Once: “I’m disappointed with the result, we showed good items”

THE Panathinaikos He was greatly forced, but eventually defeated Vikingur 2-0 at the OAKA and overturned the defeat of the first match, qualifying for the Conference League ’16’ phase.

The Icelanders coach, Solvi Oncenenexpressed his satisfaction with effort of his team, but also his frustration with the fact that the qualification.

In detail what he said at the press conference:

What was it that leaned the scales on the Panathinaikos side?

“What enabled us was essentially our defensive image. We knew we had to control the race with both ball and without. In both games we checked the ball with the ball, we kept the opponent away from opportunities. Today the opponents started with an excellent goal with the defender. I am happy with the image of my team, do not forget that in Iceland we are in preparation. During this time, my team showed good evidence against Panathinaikos. At the same time, I am disappointed with our result and our inability to qualify. We defended well, we tried a lot. Our referee stole a good opportunity at the beginning of the match, I don’t know why he did that. “

On how important Vikingur was in Europe and what it holds from the course:

“It’s the first time, it was something new for us to move on so much. There was no team from Iceland that has gone so much. This is a big challenge, because we have never done so far. In the history of our club, this is the greatest achievement. But we will get used to this and next year we will have already learned a lot. This shows how good we are, how well we can defend and put the bar high. And how great desire we have. “

For how much disadvantage it is for the Icelanders that if they reach this phase, their championship has a break:

“There are positive and negative. Essentially when we face European events, last year, for example, we were in good time. The fitness of the players last year was much better, and you saw that today, especially in the second half, we didn’t have the possession we would like. Maybe I was asking a lot of my players, I was telling them that they had to run too much. We had time to prepare for this race. We would like to be much better in physical condition. In Iceland we had problems with the weather, we postponed training, we played with a lot of snow. We didn’t make the perfect preparation, but again I will say that we played very well in both matches. I am very happy with our performance. The minus is that we are playing at this time. “