In the two faces of Olympiacos against PAOK, Jose Luis Mendilibar stood through the press conference referring to the 2-1 defeat of Piraeus.
“We had several days of rest and I think from Wednesday to Sunday a footballer can rest fully to play in another game. PAOK had the same issue and had a day less to rest. We saw that our players were fine and collapsed since the equalizer. So what’s going on? Do you accept the goal and get tired more? This was not the case. Our collapse is not due to physical reasons, but that we lost control of the game“, The Basque technician emphasized.
In detail what he stated
For the match: “The game was divided into two different points. Olympiacos was completely different than he was in the second. In the first half we started well and scored early, we were dominant of the race, we had control, but we gave our goalkeeper a great opportunity to stand well. In the second half of the equalizer goal and then we completely lost control. The opponent was better than us, we made a lot of mistakes and gave the opponent the right to create many opportunities and for that we lost the fight”
Was the second half image signs of tiredness after the match against Arsenal?
“I don’t think that happened, we had several days of rest and I think from Wednesday to Sunday a footballer can rest fully to play in another game. PAOK had the same issue and had a day less to rest. We saw that our players were fine and collapsed since the equalizer. So what’s going on? Do you accept the goal and get tired more? This was not the case. Our collapse is not due to physical reasons, but that we lost control of the game”
Apart from the collapse you say about the second half, maybe PAOK was the only team in Greece to face your tactic, because in the second half Olympiacos had no opportunity.
“In my opinion are the mistakes we made. If we look at the goals we received were from our own mistakes. Certainly PAOK is worth a thumbs up because he took advantage of our own mistakes and scored. We made two opportunities in the second half with El Kabi, but PAOK knew how to take advantage of the mistakes we made and gave us the right to win us.“
Source: Sport Fm
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