Aitor Candalapiedra represented the Panathinaikos players at the press conference before Thursday’s game (11/30, 10:00 p.m.) against Villarreal for 5th place^The Matchday of the Europa League groups.

The Catalan winger returned to an environment familiar to him, having spent a year and a half with the ‘Yellow Submarines’ (2016-2017), and stressed that Panathinaikos should go out with confidence from the first minute to win To achieve victory taking into account the negative tradition that the “Greens” have on Spanish soil.

Aitor spoke at length at the press conference: How he sees the Villarreal team:

“Thank you for the welcome. I am very proud to be back at Villarreal. A city that I love very much. I think the team is at a much better level. The players and the coach agree more than I do. Villarreal is currently having a very good season“.

On the question of whether it is a completely different game than the first one in Athens:

“I have already said that the team is different. A lot has already changed with the arrival of Marthelino and I believe we will face a much better team“.

On his situation and the team’s prospects in the remaining two games:

“I feel good. Every day I feel better and better. The one who decides is the coach. We have to win both games to get through to the next round“.

What Panathinaikos needs to do to win in Spain for the first time:

“We have to be strong from the first minute and have the confidence you need to win in these games. Regardless of poor performance, every game is different“.

Whether he has additional motivation to play in his home country:

“For me it’s a special motivation, simply because I’m always playing“.

Olympiacos suffered a painful home defeat to Freiburg in their Europa League group stage opener, but Diego Martinez is considering Thursday night’s game in Germany (November 30th, 7:45 p.m., COSMOTE SPORT 4 HD, LIVE from Sportish) it will be a completely different matter.

In the press conference he gave on Wednesday (29/11), the Spaniard spoke about his team’s ambition and their very good preparation for this special game, while emphasizing that he is with “Georgios Karaiskakis” for this game The players I have in mind are noticeably better and determined to achieve a good result.

In detail what he said:

Whether he found the solutions for Thursday’s game: “The first game against Freiburg at “Karaiskakis”” is a thing of the past and we have improved greatly since then. Olympiacos is now a mature team. Ready and ripe. Be more careful that she doesn’t make any simple mistakes. I think we improved significantly through this game.

Regarding his reference to Paolo Maldini and his statement about the maturity a team should have: “I said because press conferences are a bit boring, I did it so you would have something to write about. I mentioned this sentence because to win a team needs to make no mistakes, play with its own identity and with maturity. At the moment we are more mature. We are a team made up of young people. To reduce the number of errors. You have to do the combination. We are ready, very well prepared and ambitious to show our best side but also show our identity. When I talk about details and maturity, I also refer to circumstances. It’s the cold that we’re not so used to. We have to adapt as quickly as possible.”

For Ibora, even if he has a formation with a trio in mind in mind: “We still have a training session in between. We also worked with a three-man chain. A good team must be able to adapt to different systems. This isn’t about names, it’s about how each player’s fitness helps the team. We.” “Are willing to change systems, I’m happy to do that, we can change tactics and systems. The most important thing, however, is that the team shows its best side.”