THE Olympic he has put behind him the defeat of the Barcelona and is preparing for the big derby with AEK in the Super League, but Santiago Ese was asked about the refereeing of the Barcelona match and he did not shy away from answering.
Speaking to Cosmote TV about Olympiacos – AEK, Santiago Ese was asked to comment on the refereeing of the match against Barcelona and emphasized that they should apologize to his team for what happened in the Champions League match.
Ese’s statements
On how the team is after what happened in Barcelona: “We are no longer concerned about what happened in Barcelona because we are all focused on the next game which is very important. In the same way that we very quickly forgot about the victory in Larissa to focus on Barcelona, now we have moved on to the next game and are preparing for it.”
For the refereeing in the match against Barcelona: “We could say a lot of things about it but it would not serve us anywhere, nor would we achieve anything. The only thing we could possibly achieve by talking more about this would be for them to apologize to Olympiakos for what happened. We have to put it behind us and focus on the next games. It’s really too bad what happened because nobody knows what could happen in the match against Barcelona. We and the people who followed us went there with great appetite and impatience to play this game.
It was against Barcelona. We didn’t know what would have happened, but from the moment they left us with ten players, they deprived us of the possibility to play. Up to that point we were playing well, but then they denied us any chance to compete in a game we were looking forward to. But there is no point in staying there any longer. We need to turn the page and focus on the important things ahead. I only hope that at some point an apology will be heard to Olympiakos and to its players because with what happened, I don’t know if anything would change, but I know that until then we were competitive and then they deprived us of the opportunity to compete as we have proven that we can do”.
For the match with AEK: “Against AEK we have to play well, play our game and get back to winning ways. It’s good that this match is coming so soon to turn the page, leaving behind what happened. We will play in our stadium and everyone knows that in front of the world we are very strong. They also followed us to Barcelona and everywhere we play they are always by our side. They are very important to us and we have the opportunity to show them who we really are.”