Jimciti: ‘Albania-Greece rivalry has nothing to do with football’

Olympiacos welcomes Atalanta (February 24, 7:45 p.m., COSMOTE SPORT 3 HD, live from Sportish) in the 2-1 second leg from Bergamo in the draws for the 16th phase of the Europa League. Berat Jismiti said that Olympiacos is an attacking side and stressed that the game between Albania and Greece has nothing to do with football.

Jimshiti’s statements:

“There is a rivalry between Albania and Greece, but it has nothing to do with football, I don’t get involved in political affairs. We need the win, I like to hear that I’m the Europa League goalscorer, but what counts most is the win, we know Olympiakos play aggressively at home and they will, it’s a team that scores goals and we expect a different game than Bergamo.

We’re putting the loss against Fiorentina behind us, we’ve talked to each other and we’re going to step onto the field to do our best and get the win. I like to play more aggressively, but mostly I’m defensive. When I find places I try to advertise myself and aggressively help. The organization is very strong, I agree with Vatslik that whoever passes can cause the surprise, but first we have to see which of us qualifies.