Gasperini: “Olympiacos dominates in Greece, we know Manolas and Socrates”

THAT Gian Piero Gasperini gave a press conference on the draw for the round of 16 of the Europa League before the match between Atalanta and Olympiakos (February 17, 10:00 p.m., Cosmote Sports 2HD, live by Sportish).

The Italy coach specifically mentioned two Piraeus players, Costas Manolas and Socrates Papastathopoulos, while claiming that his side will measure their strength in these two games.

The main points of Gasperini’s statements

For Olympiacos“It’s a team that dominates its league and never loses. It changes its formation to 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1. We know Manolas and Socrates, but it’s also a team with a lot of alternatives in ” It’s attack. It has fast and fast players. It’s going to be a competitive game at a high level.”

For the transfer from the champions to the Europa League“It’s always a European game, even if we don’t play in the Champions League. It’s true that we learned well for three years in top European club competition, but now we can use our experience there. These are two games in which we can measure our strengths, see our level, improve and show that we can go on.”

For the injured“We know for Sapata it will take time, Palomino and Mirantsuk won’t be back any time soon. Muriel is fine.”

About whether there is pessimism after the recent unsuccessful results“We don’t radiate pessimism. If this happens to others, don’t let them be near us. Pessimism is not for us.”