Corberan: “The game against Freiburg is too demanding”

Olympiacos needs the positive result against Freiburg on Thursday evening (September 15, 7.45 p.m., COSMOTE SPORT 2 HD and LIVE from Sportish) after the defeat in the “Beauzoir” against Nantes in the Europa group Premiere League, but his effort will not against the second in the Bundesliga table.

The high level of difficulty that the red-whites will have is known to Carlos Corberan, who spoke of a demanding game, although the Spanish coach stressed that it would be nice for his team to take part in two competitions and stressed that this would be his The aim is to show it as competitively as possible.

At the same time, he avoided giving any details about his formation or whether he will trust Youssef El Arabi in the starting line-up, but the Red-Whites coach told Wednesday’s (13/9) press conference that Valbuena and Inbom Huang don’t have time to make himself available for the game against the Germans as they have not fully overcome their injury problems.

Specifically, what he said at the press conference:

If he has an update on Inbum Hwang and if he made it into the starting XI: “In-Bom is continuing his recovery for the return and everything seems like he won’t be ready tomorrow. I chose the starting line-up.”

What worries him most about Freiburg: “I’m looking at how we have the best chances to face Freiburg and get the best result. Tomorrow’s game is very demanding, it requires utmost concentration from every player to be as competitive as they are. This is the motivation of every player to know that they will always face challenging games and challenging opponents. That’s how he makes the best version of himself.”

As he explains that the Olympiakos team doesn’t do as well in the first part as in the second: “I think that in every game we started well, like in the second game against Apollon. But in some games after that, the tension drops a bit. There is a coach who says that the first 90 minutes of a game are very important and I agree with him, this coach, so that’s the goal, if you start the game well you have to keep going, if you start the game badly you have to play to improve, that’s the goal we’re trying to achieve .”

For Valbuena availability and muscle injuries: “Valbuena won’t be available tomorrow because he has a muscle injury that doesn’t allow him to play. It’s true, when I came into the team there were problems with muscle injuries that we’ve been trying to reduce over the past few weeks, it “I realize that preparation time is important and affects the racing season. So I can only concern myself with things that I can control. Luckily we’ve been able to reduce muscle injuries, which is important. It’s very different when you only have a week.” has a commitment and when you have two competitive commitments in a week the most beautiful and challenging thing is to have games in two competitions we want that and we try to be competitive.

About his thoughts on Youssef El Arabi, his form, his performance against the German teams: “I’ll answer the question tomorrow when you see the line-up. If Arabi has that tradition, that’s very good because whether he’s a regular or a substitute, he has a chance to score. Our wish is to keep that up.” positive traditions and correct the negative ones”.

Whether he intends to change the formation compared to the game against Nantes, where he played with three centre-backs: “Whether we start with three or four, these are two systems that I use and that players have adapted to. The criterion is the condition of our players and of course the opponent, to see which of the two systems we will use to damage him more.”