Juricic: “The ball was punished us – I take responsibility as one of the leaders, we go for the overthrow in Athens”

THE Panathinaikos failed to leave with a positive result from Glasgow, knowing the defeat with 2-0 From Rangers, to the first match for the Second Qualifying Round of the Champions League.

After the end of the match, the Philip Juricic He spoke to Cosmote TV’s camera, expressing his frustration over the result and his belief in overthrowing the OAKA rematch. The Serbian midfielder took responsibility for the defeat, stressing that as one of the leaders of the team, he feels obliged to lead the attempt to qualify.

“The ball punished us“, He said, adding that Panathinaikos had a good picture, especially before the miscarriage, and that the team would give everything to Athens in Athens to overturn the score and qualify.

In detail what he said on COSMOTE TV:

As to whether he feels stubborn in view of the rematch: “When you lose 2-0 you can’t be satisfied, we played well, we had opportunities, but the ball punished us. If Fakundo had scored, things would be different, you have to take responsibility, football is like that, but now we look at the next match in Athens and there we will have the opportunity to pass”

If the miscarriage affected: “I don’t know, everything went wrong, in the first goal I shot and the goalkeeper fired them and on the opposite side they shoots, the ball countered and went to the goal. Also when I did the control with my chest, I still had no luck. On the other hand, we have a satisfaction because we played well, but unfortunately we didn’t win. We have shown that we can play at a high level, there were some details, I take responsibility as one of the leaders, but I believe that in Athens we will overturn the result.”

For the belief in the overthrow and the image shown by Panathinaikos before the elimination: “I don’t know if I look like someone who will give up, I will give my soul to the pitch especially in front of our fans. If I had scored things would be different. I will agree that no one expected to play so well in the first half. We played in front of a warm audience and we had a good appearance in Athens in front of our own fans and in the atmosphere that will be created we will play well, I hope and expect to win”