He talked about “hot” January and the demanding games that Piraeus will give in championships, Cups, Europe, with the Spaniard pointing out that he does not have much injury problems. Medilibar, after a week of vacation in which Olympiacos footballers had the opportunity to rest and prepare for the demanding games of January, spoke of the improvement that needs to be made in order for players to be able to meet the requirements of 3 events, while referring to Panetolikos, Vascos stressed that under no circumstances should the opposing team be underestimated. CORVERSE Concerning problems, he said that besides Yusuf Yazichi missing all year long, all other players are available, except Willian, who left the red white roster. Medilibar’s statements on stopping and preparing his team: “We spent a week vacation and had another week to prepare for the first game of the year. Because January will be very hard with many and demanding games there will have to be an improvement quickly in order to get along well in all events.” CORVERSE For the game with Panetolic: “The truth is personally I don’t think about the first round game, but that’s why you journalists exist, to remind you of these. What I’m thinking is what we’ll do on Monday. We know it’s gonna be a very difficult game and we’re gonna have to get into it with the winner’s mindset. To win this game we need to be focused from the first minute rather than thinking about how to win it as time goes on. That’s what I’m trying to get to football players these days. How in this game should they enter and give everything. Let us not forget that Panetolikos has put a lot of pressure on all the major teams.” Whether there are problems: “In addition to Yusuf Yazichi who as we know will be missing all year, everyone else is here and available. Willian is also missing who is no longer with us and we have 29 football players in practice.”
Medilibar: “January will be tough for Olympiacos, there must be improvement”
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