AEK-PAO: Fatih Terim’s statements regarding the derby
Confident of the dynamics and concentration of his team, in view of tonight’s (24/4, 20:30) very big match with AEK for the 7th matchday of the Super League play offs, Fatih Terim appeared.
The coach of Panathinaikos spoke to Cosmote TV and the pregame of the SportShow show, stressing that the “greens” are 100% committed to the match once morest the “yellow and black” and to their goal, adding that the fate is in their own hands.
“We know how important this game is. What a big derby it is, we know that from now on we have very big matches and we are focused on each one of them individually. As soon as the match once morest Lamia ended, we immediately started thinking regarding the match once morest AEK.
We know the importance of this derby and that’s why we are 100% focused,” initially emphasized Terim and added regarding whether derbies are judged primarily on the spiritual part and secondarily on the tactical part:
“Each derby has its own story. It’s not exactly like that, but really if you’re not ready in terms of physical condition, mentally, tactically and psychologically, you can’t manage it the way you want. Fate is in our hands.
We have told the team that this week has three stages. The match with Lamia, then the match with AEK and finally the match with Aris. If we finally get the results we need, it will be what we really want. No matter who you’re playing with, you always have to be ready to take part in the match.
We have faced AEK twice, having a draw and a win. This gives us more confidence, but nothing is easy. AEK is a very important, a very good and strong team, but usually in life the good things come following great difficulties. We hope the development is what we want.
My players know it very well and the whole world of Panathinaikos must know that we are a very big team. Regardless of the results that come, we are a great team and we can prove it…”
AEK-PAO: Matias Almeida’s statements regarding the title derby
AEK still has four “finals” in front of it, in order to conquer the championship while keeping its “scepters” from last season. The first one takes place tomorrow once morest Panathinaikos and Matias Almeida emphasized to the Cosmote TV camera:
“All the games are now ‘final’, they are of great importance. But I think it is good for the Greek league to reach the end and all the teams are with a small point difference. I’m not going to change the way I think regarding football. I always believe that in all jobs it is better to be calm, confident than to feel pressured. When one is sure of the work he is doing, then it remains a game of eleven once morest eleven. And I still haven’t seen either when I was playing football, or now that I’m a coach, a team that doesn’t want to win. Panathinaikos has its own feeling, Olympiacos has its own, PAOK has its own and we have ours. Whoever does things better will win the championship.”
The Argentinian coach was also mentioned
– On the fact that his team is coming off just 48 hours of rest as they played on Sunday night
“For us, there is no such question. There is a terrible mood. A big game, a big opponent. Very good time to play football, to play in the playoffs”.
– In the reaction he “made” towards Ares?
“It was another test of character because we had a good first half. We mightn’t take advantage of the phases we did to score. And the half ended and we were losing. But I think we knew how to manage the time in the second half calmly and patiently. And I appreciate that football players give everything, everything they have.”
– In previous matches with Panathinaikos:
“All games are different even though almost the same players compete in all of them. In the previous match once morest this particular opponent, we played a very good game and in two minutes the whole story changed. So we can talk, we can plan, we can envision and in milliseconds both football and life can change for the worse or for the better.”
I have said it once more, every game for us is special, every game is “final”. So this is also a very important game. Because now we are playing the last games in the playoffs. So, it’s another “final”, just like the previous ones. What we have to do is to be completely focused in order to be able to get what we want. Because in this phase we are in, every match is very important. So, yes, it is a “final”.
We know the way Panathinaikos plays. We know that in the previous games things were complicated for us. What I’m saying is that we play eleven once morest eleven. What we have to do is let everyone do their own work. And whichever team has the best playing behavior, in the end, they will leave with what they want.”
AEK-PAO: EL.AS banned fan gatherings.
ELAS has issued two announcements notifying that by decisions of the Director of Police of Athens and the Director of Police of Northeast Attica tomorrow Panathinaikos and AEK fans are prohibited from gathering outside the hotels where their teams are staying ahead of the derby between them tomorrow at 8:30pm at “OPAP ARENA” for the Super League playoffs.
In addition, the announcement points out to the fans that it is forbidden to accompany their teams’ missions from the hotels to the AEK stadium in New Philadelphia.
The announcement for Panathinaikos fans:
“It is announced that by decision of the Director of the Athens Police, it is prohibited to hold a public outdoor gathering on 4-24-2024 at 5:00 p.m. in a hotel in the center of Athens where the sports team of the “PANATHINAIKO A.O.” football team is staying. , by fans of the above sports association and from 15:00′ to 20:30′ on 24-4-2024 of any public outdoor gathering related to the above gathering as well as accompanying the sports delegation by motorized march to the “OPAP ARENA” Stadium , in the urban network enclosed by the streets-boulevards:
- Vas. Alexandrou – Antinoros – Misto – Efroniou Ave.
- Vass Alexandrou – Michalakopoulou Avenue – Mesogeion Avenue – Katehaki Avenue.
The above prohibition is imposed, on the one hand, as the organizers did not notify the local Police Authority of their intention to invite the general public to participate, at a specific place and time, in a public outdoor gathering as they should, in accordance with the provisions of article 3 par 1 & 2 of Law 4703/2020 and Article 3 of the Decree 73/2020, and as a result, the prescribed procedure of the current legislation on public outdoor gatherings was not observed and, on the one hand, its conduct poses a serious risk to public safety and threatens serious disruption of socio-economic life in the specific area, vehicular and pedestrian traffic, of the operation of the infrastructure and public facilities of the place where it takes place.”
The announcement for AEK fans:
“It is announced that by decision of the Director of Police of Northeast Attica, it is prohibited to hold a public outdoor gathering on 4-24-2024 at 5:30 p.m. in a hotel in Nea Erythraia where the sports team of the football team of “A.E.K. “, by fans of the above sports association and from 15:30′ to 20:30′ on 24-4-2024 of every public outdoor gathering related to the above gathering as well as accompanying the sports delegation with a motorized march to the “OPAP ARENA “, in the urban network enclosed by the streets-boulevards:
- El. Venizelou – Romylias – Papaflessa – Antigoni, in the area of Nea Erythraia.
- El. Venizelou – Ag. Saranda – Varybompis bridge – N.E.O.A.L. (current towards Piraeus) – entrance of Attica street [από κόμβο Μεταμόρφωσης] – Kymi Avenue exit – Kapodistriou Avenue – National Antistaseos – El. Alamein – Smyrna – Patriarchou Konstantinou – underground parking of the “OPAP ARENA” stadium.
The above prohibition is imposed, on the one hand, as the organizers did not notify the local Police Authority of their intention to invite the general public to participate, at a specific place and time, in a public outdoor gathering as they should, in accordance with the provisions of article 3 par 1 & 2 of Law 4703/2020 and Article 3 of the Decree 73/2020, and as a result, the prescribed procedure of the current legislation on public outdoor gatherings was not observed and, on the one hand, its conduct poses a serious risk to public safety and threatens serious disruption of socio-economic life in the specific area, vehicular and pedestrian traffic, of the operation of the infrastructure and public facilities of the place where it takes place.”
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