THE Olympic welcomes Antwerp on Thursday night (16/9, 22:00) for the first match of the phase of his groups Europa League, by Pedro Martins to talk about the match against the Belgians, asking for goals. Except for Masouras, Lala and Androutsos are doubtful.
Pedro Martins expects improvement and goals from the Olympiacos players in the match against Antwerp in “G. Karaiskakis “for the premiere of the Europa League. The Portuguese coach stressed that Masouras will not catch the game, while he also spoke about the doubtful Lala and Androutsos.
In detail, Pedro Martins spoke about:
-Massoura’s condition even if there are other problems: “Masouras will not be able to play, he is not ready. He is better, close to full recovery, but he does not catch up. Androutsos will be re-evaluated, he does not have anything serious, but we still do not know if he will be at 100%. Lala also has gastroenteritis and we do not know what his condition will be. “Everyone else is fine, with the exception of Fortounis with the injury you all know.”
-when does he estimate that Olympiacos will be able to have a long duration of good performance in his game“We are working on it, to have stability and to be constantly better and longer lasting. Tomorrow’s game is different from Atromitos, we face a very aggressive team, which plays stormy football, with vertical balls and a very good roster. We think we are constantly in a better situation. We want to be as compact and productive as Atromitos, but we definitely want to improve our efficiency “.
-the “key” to victory on Thursday“We need stability, perseverance and intelligence. We must regularly be impeccable against a dangerous opponent, who plays vertical football, manage the minutes that the opponent will have superiority, take advantage of the flaws that Antwerp will have and be patient. We must take advantage of the opportunities that will be presented to us “.
-his racing plans“As you can see, I can not talk about the plans and strategy of the team. “Mandy is available and like the other available players, he has a chance to be in the starting line-up.”
-what he expects improvement from Olympiakos“There is a lot we can improve. Even what we are doing well right now. We want the efficiency rates to be high, to have the same creative activity. We generally show that the team creates opportunities. We know that there are many parts of our structure that can be improved. We are working to improve our game, because we have not yet seen our team at the levels we want. “We are happy with the transition from attack to defense, we want to improve in the transition from defense to attack.”
-whether he expects many goals on Thursday“There are all the conditions to see an open game, because they are two teams that like open and dominant football. But we have to be very careful because Antwerp has very good quality players. We want to be creative and this time more efficient. “
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