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‘Georgios Karaiskakis’ will start in 2021 with the derby between Olympiakos and AEK. In these games the goal is always victory, regardless of the score or the competitive situation of the teams. Even when the role of the favorite is clear in the game, any prognosis seems risky. In addition, we are talking about matches in special conditions and many times the underdog … is justified.
In Faliro, AEK will have this role. In essence, it is the team that is the ‘puzzle’ of the derby. In the respective OAKA game, Massimo Carrera managed to lead his team to a 1-1 draw. The Italian coach no longer exists in the ‘yellow and black’ everyday, after Manolo Jiménez was anointed for his 4th term on the edge of the AEK bench. Carrera proved to be a gentleman of the Greek courts, however he was deemed insufficient. His Spanish substitute couldn’t have had an … easier debut.
In fact, he made sure the communication role worked properly. Which way; The safest. Telling the truth.
- “Olympiakos are the first and they deserve it. They are a good team with good players. With a coach and players who have been together for a long time. They have confidence and that is why they are the first. That is something we want to achieve as well.” “We have done it in the past. I want to see my team fight Olympiakos, PAOK and Aris, but it takes time and work to do it.”
- “Sunday’s game is very important in terms of points. I’ve been here for six days and I can’t say I’m going to do magic and everything will work out … Our task is not easy. There is no time and you have to be as competitive as possible. “. I will keep all the good things the previous manager did and try to help the team improve and mature … ”.
- “Two years ago when we won the league we conceded 13 goals. Now in the middle we already conceded 13 goals. Some may think that the teams that win the league score more goals, but that is not true. If we look at all the championships the” The first teams, apart from the goals they score, do not fit in. “Defense is not only a question of defense or goalkeeper, the goal is not only a question of attacking players. We have to balance defense and attack as a whole.”
- “It is not my plan. I will try to adapt having completed half the games of the season, but it is clear that I will do everything possible to help the team. We have to improve what we can and think about what we can do to get good data and think about next year starting a good season from scratch ”.
This was supported by, among others, Manolo Jiménez in his statements prior to the derby. And word for word he is right. He preferred the path of realism. Explain what is happening without “rounding out” the situation. This is his first victory. It landed the entire organization actually, sent the message to its players that they have a long way to go until they acquire the identity of a team that will claim titles with real claims. Anxiety over the coming derby drove them away, carrying the demands from the top to the next season. You are not trying to save time, but to lay the groundwork. After all, after your previous tenure at AEK, you can now feel comfortable with what you say and how.
The derby for AEK and Himeneth is easy. They have nothing to lose but to gain. In case of defeat, nobody will ‘drop’ the Spanish coach. Neither is Harry Potter, nor is the team his. Nor did he have time to really intervene in what the ‘yellow-blacks’ have been working on in recent months with Carrera. Moreover, a possible defeat in ‘Georgios Karaiskakis’ will not be the one that puts a definitive knockout of AEK of the title. It will simply be the culmination of the ‘gels’ that have preceded the theoretically easy matches. There is nothing Jiménez can be charged for in this derby. On the contrary, in case of a positive result, you will immediately gain points, time and the psychology of your players for the continuation.
Olympiacos is quiet. He immediately closed the biggest hole on his list by announcing the acquisition of Oleg Reabciuk on January 1. He saw Valbouena declare war after a month and a half. Hassan returned to training and countdown until he is back in action. His players took the necessary breaths at halftime, Pedro Martins preparing his team for the derby without problems. There is homogeneity, trust and equal solutions. The result of the derby will be judged largely by the concentration, seriousness and performance of the ‘rojiblancos’.
Jiménez knows it. It does not sound. He knows the difficulties, so he had no reason to put more pressure on his players for the result. He preferred to speak rationally, preparing the ground for the next day. Obviously no friends from AEK, the management or their players want to lose in the derby with Olympiakos. Even if this is the most likely scenario, the vibrations will be absorbed more in groups than a defeat that would have come having ‘built’ communication with vain hopes of triumph. Now, if Himeneth sees them confirmed in the grass of ‘G. Karaiskakis’ what he said in his statements, it is a fact that the truths of the Spanish coach (will not) hurt AEK in Faliro.
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