Vitoria: “We are leaving our heads – the referee did not stand up to the quality of the two teams”

Panathinaikos suffered the blockade of the Conference League on Thursday night (13/03), after the away defeat with 3-1 score from Fiorentina.

As part of the press conference, the coach of the “Greens”, Rui Vitoria, He referred to the bad first half of his team that also judged the qualification, while, while He also commented on the refereeing of the Scottish referee, John Bitton.

In detail what he said:



For the match: “I think there were two very competitive games. Today in the first half the team was not so good, especially in the defensive part. We were not pressing to claim dangerous situations. They cost us the goals that came from situations we could avoid. In the second goal we also had the misfortune with the counter. If the counter were not done, there would be no goal. This does not negate the fact that in the first our image was not good. In the repeat the team went well, took the reins, tried to score a goal. Although we conceded the third goal against the flow, we fought it, we scored 3-1, we could score a second goal. We leave the head high mainly for the appearance of the second half and for that of Athens. We have to keep it for the sequel. ”

For the shape with two forwards and if he thinks about the sequel: “This is a possibility for the sequel. We have to read everything based on the conditions of a race. We were back in the score and we wanted to claim with two forwards to have more chances. With three defenders we had a lot of difficulty with the opponent. It’s something we think about the sequel, the team in the repetition was more immediate and had a presence in the opposing area. In the first we were passive. The details judged today’s fight. The team showed that it was comparable quality with the opponent in both games. We could score more goals and claim the qualification. We keep it, it makes us proud, but we are also sad that we didn’t pass. ”



For arbitration: “The referee did not stand up to the quality of the two teams. It was a bad arbitration, he went a little bit with the current, but I don’t want to mention it anymore. More I want to dwell on that we were unlucky in the goals we received and the fact that we went up to the repetition. ”