Demis Nicolaidis made his own comment on Olympiakos’ winning derby against AEK on Nova’s “Monday FC” show.
He mentioned that the “red and white” despite being mediocre, easily won the game against the “yellow and black” who entered not to lose and were afraid.
Demis noted that he doesn’t agree with Marko Nikolic’s opinion about fatigue, while he argued that if Jovic played for Olympiakos, he would have scored 10 goals!
What he said in detail:
“Bad match. Easy victory for Olympiakos. Mediocre Olympiacos, bad AEK. Olympiacos seemed tired to me. The intensity he marked was at six. I expected AEK to take advantage of it. The intensity of the runs was not what Mediliber is used to. AEK came in with the mentality not to lose and not to win the game. The derbies without a win happened a lot because of last years. I don’t think the players have that in mind. We are talking about another team and another season. When a team isn’t doing well, it’s all our fault. When the team is not doing well, everyone is psychologically affected. AEK lacked courage, it might have been an instruction to be more restrained. You have to dare to do things. AEK entered with a little fear. It is not possible for AEK to lose every aerial duel. In many matches, the opponents jump on their own.”
“Olympiacos played Barcelona in Spain and AEK played Aberdeen in Athens and it was 3-0 before halftime. I disagree with Nikolic about rest days. However, the Olympiacos we are used to was not. You were watching the match anyway and you felt that somehow the match was going to take place. Taremi did not work well as an anti-Chiquinio. Taremi as Taremi worked, as Ciquinho with the pressing did not. Taremi has other characteristics. He was in everything. It wasn’t much, but they decided the game. El Kabi had very few contacts with the ball, but in the ones he had, he did something. He could have scored. If Jovic played for Olympiakos, he would have scored ten goals. It is in good condition, but not powered at all. He wants a job.”
“AEK has lost all aerial duels in the match. Lots of easy crosses without the right pressure, but there is a lack of concentration, psychologically they don’t trust each other. We see this in the last four to five matches. El Kabi can’t be alone when he crosses. In the first half Olympiakos had possession, in the second half he left the ball to AEK and AEK took it because they were behind in the score and had to create.”
“Pineda was running everywhere. We haven’t seen the Pineda we know yet. But when the whole team is not doing well you don’t see the talents of the players. But Pineda was by far the AEK player with the most actions. And Ese did a similar job at Olympiakos. Costinia did very well. Olympiacos, without getting a great performance, won easily”.
Source: Sport Fm
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