The AEK coach appeared to be annoyed, in questions about his future in the team, throwing the “ball” to Marios Iliopoulos.
Asked if his circle ended in AEK, he said that it should be done elsewhere and not to himself, stressing that the last conversation he would say, announcing a press conference, as well as a meeting with Marios Iliopoulos.
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As for whether his circle has been closed to AEK: “Of course I can understand what’s going on in the playoffs in some games. I always keep doing enough self -criticism. I’ve talked a little. I’ve worked a lot. Many of you have direct contact with the one who can make the decisions.”
CIf he wants to stay and if the administration wants to stay: “Initially there was no meeting with the owner, me and Ribalta. My contract expires in 2028. I realize that the results came upside down. In some cubs. Everyone we fight we want to win. I still haven’t talked to him. Journalists, then we are not talking about a project.
So if nothing has been discussed, I say that 2-3 before discussing and putting this project down. I am honest and I have made mistakes like everyone else. I believe that as humans we must have the required respect for both good and bad, which I can take on part of the bad results. I really take it. When things are going well, what I do is to give everyone the credit, from the players to the last employee. In all projects, when there is stability there will be success. When there is instability we will not go anywhere. I have told the people of the administration.
I will respect the decisions and then make the account and have a press conference. But in one place you are not discussing the future. Obviously the result didn’t help. What I say from the first moment, when you are positive things happen. When you are negative you attract the negatives and the bad. The whole world wants to work in a healthy environment. I prefer direct and dot. We will see the best for the team. Four days ago I took out some soccer shoes I had in my office. In five hours they made that I was collecting my things. All of this creates something negative. When we were winning again I was going to get things out and no one was saying anything. There are things that need to be analyzed, but with the utmost respect. After three years I think it is worth treating me with respect. “
As for whether he thinks he was closed the cycle of this AEK replied: “I can’t talk about failure in the third year because we had a bad end. Failure is if you don’t work all year. The project started by winning the first season, in the second we lost the championship ourselves and this year at football we didn’t play like the two previous ones. There is frustration when we lose, we all work to win. It hurts to go through these situations, because we live by it and all the people around us suffer. But there are things in life that one cannot change, all he can do is accept it and respect it. “
For the choice of Audubajo in a left -back role while on the bench Hadjisafi and Pelion said: “I have my reasons. Everyone was playing, there was no one to stand out. It is a place in which we know how we searched to strengthen. Today, because the tete is left -footed and converges inward, we have chosen Odubajo. I also make decisions with some behaviors, I see the confidence that every player has, I understand when I see a footballer and I want to give opportunities to those who are confident. I think Audubajo went well. There is always a chance to be wrong. The kids gave the best they could in place of the left back, some tried but nervousness at some point may not have helped them and I tried to protect them. “
About the use of Tsiloulis and the fact that Eliason entered the game late, he underlined: “For Eliason we had a negative pole. You ever wondered what Niklas is spiritually after what he went through. He has a lot of things on his head. I’m not here to expose football players, I won’t say if they played bad. I believe that in the previous two years he did very well and this year he had the ups and downs like everyone else. For Tsiloulis, I had no other offensive choices. He is a contract with a contract, when I see someone doing good workouts I will put him in. Today, with all the energy that Pierre spent, I knew I could use it as a center forward, we had discussed it. Lamela asked to go out because he couldn’t continue anymore. All I could do was put Vida, Simanski go ahead and at 10 Mandalos. I keep making changes to keep the tension high. We have won many games with the changes. Sometimes I can do it, it’s a period that comes out nothing. Whatever we do, it doesn’t come out. “
Asked what are the conditions to continue on the AEK bench replied: “There should be an internal discussion, with closed doors. I am not here to be against neither the owner nor the athletic director. All projects do not always go on the basis of results. If they depend on the results, this may be poison for tomorrow. There are too many things in a project, it depends on how everyone works. It’s also a matter of taste, some people like it and some don’t. If it is to get out of this position, I lived here very beautiful moments and I don’t want football to get dirty. We need to find the best possible solution for the good of the club and the players. It seems strange to me to write something I haven’t said. If you want to know something, you can ask. I sit down and give you as many explanations as you want for the football track. We are open to reviews, but we can explain some things, especially for the world that reads them all. I live and give all the answers to the players. There is an environment with communication, dialogue and exchange of views, always looking for the best. There is something that has been cut and I haven’t cut it. “
Asked if he has the communication he wants with Marios Iliopoulos and the collaboration required with Javier Ribalta, he replied: “We have spoken separately, I with Mr. Ribalta, Mr. Iliopoulos with me and because of the situation in the playoffs we could not find ourselves to say if we continue or stop the project. I understand that it will happen this week. “
As to whether he thinks AEK in this atmosphere can win the last match with PAOK said: “All games are important and it is for winning them. Unfortunately we didn’t do it in the last games. Two games here in the playoffs we were ahead and lost. I want the season to finish and the deck are re -sharing to look for a better future. It is obvious that we are not as stable as in other times. I see a blocked team that cannot make a shot to the end, which when it receives a goal feels terror for what is happening … At such times you want it to end and start from the beginning. The club will claim something for Europe, so it must be prepared to make the team ready in European games. “
For the decision to remove open training for the media this year and limited information on injuries he stressed: “Decisions are made together. It doesn’t come out who is injured, but it comes out that I have gathered my things. We all have our informants. The point is when it happens to be the same. I don’t understand Greek and I don’t know what’s writing, but they come and they tell me. Unfortunately today there is misuse on social media, you don’t know who is writing behind a computer. Behind it lies a lot of people who do bad. When the result does not help, you are at the center of what people say. So I told you that it is strange that no one asked to talk. I could give you direct information. “
Finally, about what he would like to say to the AEK world for this year’s bad season, he noted: “I have always said how I feel and people appreciate how I have expressed it. I understand their frustration and anger, because I too feel. I know that people live for derby and comments because there is a lot of passion in all of this. In the first two years, the energy it was creating in the way we played was unique. This year, maybe because the football we played was not the best, there were different views, which is normal. I am grateful to God and Melissanidis who brought me here, who I was able to live in the 100th anniversary of AEK, who I met the world of AEK, which I was able to and I was with them. I was able to unite and feel that this is a football family. That’s why I have this pain now. I wish we had the championship again, but sometimes things don’t go as you want. I am grateful to this audience for still being here today, supporting, boosting the team and it is perfectly understood to be frustrated, just like us who could not reverse the situation. The team tried, with passion and dedication, perhaps not with as good football as before, but it was a mood. The mood was not missing. “