The belief that the Panathinaikos can add another brilliant page to his European history by excluding her Fiorentina expressed Rui Vitoria At the press conference ahead of Thursday’s rematch in Italy.
“We have to be very disciplined and focused on a very strong team. Every mistake can cost us expensive, and every opportunity we have to take advantage of it. It is a guide to us the second half of the first race, where we really made a very good look. The team has built a specific identity, we need to be compact defensive, but also chase the goal. In every match … or winning or winning. This is the mentality. Our message to players is that it is a final, we are not interested in before or after, we are concentrated to do our best. We want to leave our own footprint in the European history of Panathinaikos“, The Portuguese technician said.
“Fiorentina is a very high quality, long tradition, which has reached the final for two consecutive years. Our respect is unlimited. We should be very disciplined. Our guide should be 60-65 minutes in the first game. Only in a short period did we lose our concentration and it cost us quite a bit. We should have the right decisions based on our plan and eliminate the opponent’s weapons“, He added.
Asked by an Italian journalist about the eleven replied: “I know who will fight, but I won’t carry it here. It is more right to say it to my players first and to create a doubt in the opposing coach”
About the importance of Panathinaikos on Thursday’s challenge said: “I had said from the first match that everything would be judged in the repeat. We have a small lead, but everything will be judged tomorrow on the court. We will try to make use of our own weapons and eliminate those of the opponents. Nothing more, nothing less. We will also give our souls to exclude a very strong team, which we have analyzed very well. But we also have very good players, we have confidence in our players and we hope to get the big qualification on Thursday. We are trying to create Panathinaikos’ European identity again, we are on a very good way and I think we have a very good chance of”
Finally, whether he would like to change something about the first game replied: “We need to be 100% concentrated at all times of the game, take advantage of our phases and not allow the opponent to threaten us. We know the points we need to attack and when to do so. The players need to make the right decisions to write a story with Panathinaikos. Because history is not written in simple games, but in difficult matches like this, where you have the opportunity to see you all over Europe, the whole world“
Source: Sport Fm
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