Rui Vitoria: “The match will be judged by Lamia”

It was clear that the … legs of his players will be judged with Lamia was Rui Vittoria in his statements on Cosmote TV.

The Panathinaikos technician pointed out that there was fatigue in his players and stressed that his team needs a clear mind to get to win.

In detail Vitoria’s statements:



The difficult in such a match as the one with Lamia is when a team comes from such a demanding match as the one with Vikingur. How do you deal with these few hours, from one game to the other the restoration and spiritual clarity of the players?



“I think all players will be ready to give the answers we want. We will talk to them so that we can prepare them as best as possible. The truth is that the main risk for the matches that come after European matches is mainly the restoration of the players, as we are talking about a match that will take place in less than 72 hours.

Something that can contain potential risks or risk for some players who are more stressed. We must not forget that players are also people, they are not machines, so since we are talking about a big team like we are with high goals, we try to put the best possible players. But they too are often quite stressed and we have to put the quality of each player in the scales and if it is 100%.

Personally, I would rather have had a little longer years to prepare better and most importantly to rest the players, but beyond that is the program. We knew it, so we will do our best in this piece.

As far as the opponent is concerned, he is not in the best racing situation, however, when you are fighting against a big team always gives you a great motivation to be able to show that you have the ability to do something.

But I think the game will be judged exclusively by us, we have to have a “clear mind”, take advantage of our opportunities and achieve a major victory. “.

Lamia is indeed a team that is the “weak link” of the championship this year from one point on, but there is also a stadium in which Panathinaikos traditionally has difficulty, whether it is a league or a cup matches. Is it something you have in mind?

“Indeed, I know about the difficulties that Panathinaikos traditionally faces on this stadium. But I am not concerned at this time, as well as I am not concerned with the grade position of Lamia. I don’t want to look at the scores, I have said it many times that there are no easy games. What I remember is that in the first round it was a team that made it difficult for us.

We are talking about a team that, as I pointed out before these matches see them with great motivation, as a great opportunity. It is a match in which he has nothing to lose, so this makes it even more dangerous. But I repeat that the match will pass more than us, we want to rest the players after the demanding European game. We want to see what the situation is one of them.

We had football players coming from injuries and we are waiting to see which of them will be available. We have to present our own quality, our own elements on the pitch, and if we do so I think we will be much more likely to win the race. Lamia has its own positive elements that we have to look out for. ”