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Life is moments.
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Miracles happen.
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If you believe,
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you have faith in what you do,
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you are committed and you work hard,
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it’s a matter of time.
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The sea of Piraeus
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She is the sweetest of all
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Olympiacos started with a dream
to have a team that represents Piraeus.
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Piraeus wanted an identity
and Olympiacos became this,
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became a symbol of the city.
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The flag became the symbol
of the working class.
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It represented for them,
the people of Piraeus,
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their pride and their values.
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My Piraeus, my Piraeus,
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With your Saronic gulf
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You have your pride
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Your Olympiacos
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Red is for the passion.
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And white symbolizes purity
and fair play.
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I believe Olympiacos and Piraeus are one.
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For decades, when we talk about Piraeus,
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we mean Olympiacos.
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When we talk about Olympiacos,
we don't just mean Piraeus;
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we mean all of Greece
and all the Greeks abroad
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who unite under the colors
of Olympiacos.
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However here in Piraeus, at the port,
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Olympiacos is the dominant point
of reference.
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I believe, I really believe, that half
of Greeks support Olympiacos.
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These people live football with passion,
they love Olympiacos a lot
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and when a player plays here,
he must feel these colors.
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We live through football.
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We know that football is a tool of
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education, unity, celebration, joy.
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But again, here in Piraeus,
it’s part of our lives.
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We cannot say any word
without talking about the game.
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It’s incredible.
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From the coffee, till the dinner,
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they will speak about the game.
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Our history in Greece is full
of trophies and full of success.
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We have forty-seven league titles
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and all the other clubs
have forty, together.
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Success is great, in Greece
it’s something that we enjoy,
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but we wanted the European step.
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And I think that this
is what Mr Marinakis changed.
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When we took over Olympiacos back in 2010
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I started talking about Europe.
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My father, his friends, my family,
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they were big supporters of Olympiacos.
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I started accompanying my father
since I was four, five years old.
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Then, you like it,
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every week you look forward
to watching your team
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and seeing friends from the stadium
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and also attending conversations.
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Olympiacos has been,
many times, the champion,
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the best team, by far,
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and what was missing
was some European joy.
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When I was a player I knew that
it was crucial to win the title.
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And this is a culture here.
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When I came back as a director
and of course
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through the leadership of Mr Marinakis,
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we tried to recruit people
who have this mindset,
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at least to improve in Europe.
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And of course to inspire our kids,
to inspire our players
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and of course obviously our fans
to believe in our project.
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This is our duty,
this is our responsibility,
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to not only give them a dream,
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but at least constantly
telling them something.
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Of course I was the one to believe it,
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to believe in this dream.
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And then it was one, it was two,
it was three, four, five
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and then everybody around believes in it.
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You always have certain dreams in mind,
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and this was a big dream.
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He constantly told me, "I want the team
to advance and do something great,"
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and I saw the vision he had for this team.
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Qualifying for Europe is not easy,
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and especially when there
are matches early in the season,
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the team needs
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to prepare properly
and be ready for these games.
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We see that in recent years, this has
become increasingly difficult.
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I remember we had a new coach,
and there were new players,
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so we hadn't fully bonded yet.
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Nevertheless, we played well.
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Everyone pushed themselves a bit harder
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to secure our place
in the Europa League group stage.
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I believe we did a good job,
both for ourselves and for the club,
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which is important
to be competing at that level.
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Of course, fans of Olympiacos are known
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to want only wins and I know winning
is in their DNA.
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They are very enthusiastic and
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also crazy about football.
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I believe that anyone who is a fan of
Olympiacos understands that
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their whole life depends
on what the team does.
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They are passionate; many of them
we call crazy in a good way.
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The fans of Olympiacos are incredible.
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They are fans I have great care
and gratitude for
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being able to defend the colors
of Olympiacos
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and give it my all on the field for them.
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Gate 7 is the most passionate section;
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it is the shield and the spear
of Olympiacos.
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Every Olympiacos fan
has passed through Gate 7,
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and later on, they may go to other gates
when they grow up with their children,
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but Gate 7 is the school
for every supporter.
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We knew that we were capable
of doing something great.
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But when? How?
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This is a tough question, because
this is our challenge every day.
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Yes, it was a tough group;
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we had teams from England and Germany,
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and we said, "Let's take it step by step,
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game by game."
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We wanted to start a new effort
with a new coach,
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and that in itself was difficult,
until we found our footing
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generally, as a team,
there were various problems:
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new players, some poor results,
and I think that was
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the biggest difficulty - that we
were starting something new.
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The situation was not good at all.
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The team hadn't built up
its mentality yet;
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Olympiacos fans are experienced
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and deeply involved with the team;
they don't view it superficially.
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They think about the team 24 hours a day,
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always keeping it in their minds,
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even before they sleep
and while they are asleep.
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They know what is happening with
the team and what to expect.
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We always support the team and
were not disappointed.
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We understand that to reach the top,
there are certainly challenges.
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We are in the process
of building a new team,
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and we saw this as part of that journey.
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The main reasons that I wanted
to get more involved with
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the team, one was Europe
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and the second was our academies
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because I wanted to see a lot
of young Greek footballers do well.
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The development of someone young
is a development
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which takes place at sporting level,
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but which also happens on a human level
because you have to adapt.
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It depends on the club you're in,
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and the player's personality
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has to match the club he plays for.
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Wearing the Olympiacos shirt
is not an easy thing
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when you are in the first team,
because we are talking about a club
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that wants all the time to win titles.
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So it’s also about the mentality
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and that’s something that you have
to build from a young age.
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I have been an Olympiacos fan
since I was a kid,
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since I started playing football
and watching Olympiacos.
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I would go to the stadium,
and when I was younger,
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I would say yes,
I want to play one day for Olympiacos.
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For me, football is my whole life.
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As long as I can remember myself,
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I was either with a ball at school
or outside with my friends.
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I always wanted to have a ball with me,
I always had my football boots,
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and whatever I did revolved
around football.
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Our family isn't just supporters
of Olympiacos, right?
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Due to my position, it's something more;
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No matter how impersonal and professional
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football has become, a business.
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It's our family.
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You didn't happen to be
at a championship of Dad's.
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No I didn’t.
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I hope to experience it myself now.
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I used to play as a goalkeeper,
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and my brothers would shoot
at me the most.
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But I always wanted
to get in and take some shots myself.
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Many times, they wouldn’t let me,
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so most of the time,
I just shot on my own.
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Christos was playing as the goalkeeper,
and we used to tease him,
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taking shots and
not letting him out of the goal.
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That's how I believe it all started.
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Only Vasilis, especially,
had broken my nose 4 or 5 times
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because he had a very powerful shot.
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I would sit here as the goalkeeper
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and I would have a nosebleed
and I would go inside crying.
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And you kept crying.
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Yes, there was no other
option since we kept taking shots.
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We needed someone in goal for that.
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Through the Olympiacos academy,
I grew both as a footballer
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and as a person and as an individual.
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I developed in all aspects.
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I believe I became better at everything;
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it taught me many things
about my behavior,
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and I think I evolved more
in terms of character
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than in my football skills.
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We had won the league the year
before, 2022-2023
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after seven years without a league,
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so it was really important for us
to go back-to-back for titles.
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The next thing was for us to go
as far as we could
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in the Youth League competition.
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To be honest, at first,
we wanted to at least reach the last 16.
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Because we know that after that
the competition gets huge
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with great clubs
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who are pillars in Europe.
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We wanted to get
to that point, but then...
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progressively we realized
that we might have some chances
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to better represent Olympiacos.
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It was an emotional day because it was
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one day before the anniversary
of the tragedy of Gate 7.
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I was...
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14 or 15 years old at the time,
and I was inside the stadium.
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Our Olympiacos had just beaten AEK
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in a so-called derby.
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When we were leaving to celebrate,
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the exit doors were partially closed,
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which caused the first people
to fall down the stairs.
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The crowd behind them, not seeing
what was happening in front,
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pushed forward in their excitement
to get out of the stadium,
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resulting in a pile-up
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where many people
tragically lost their lives
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due to asphyxiation, mainly.
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Every year, those days the club tries
to remember and honor
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the victims of Gate 7.
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“Brothers, you are alive
and you guide us.”
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“Brothers, you are alive
and you guide us.”
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I remember that we had a lot
of emotion before the game
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and we wanted to go through also,
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honoring the victims of Gate 7.
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We were preparing ourselves properly
for that game.
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We also knew we would be playing
at Karaiskakis Stadium,
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which was a dream for everyone
from the Academy to
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represent Olympiacos at Karaiskakis
on a European level was fantastic.
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Playing at our home ground helped
us quite a bit,
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even though it was a very strong opponent,
the match went to penalties.
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We were saying it would be a pity
to lose it on penalties.
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We had played really well,
even with ten players,
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and created many chances,
so we were thinking,
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"Why not? Why shouldn't this happen?"
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Honestly, we have very mature
players in this team.
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I am impressed to see children like them,
because they're still kids,
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with enough maturity
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to prepare for their matches
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to tackle competitions
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and especially sequence of penalty
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while being composed and focused
on what they're going to do.
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It truly was a surprise for me
to see this amount of concentration.
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The feelings after the penalties,
I remember the celebration,
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I remember how the kids
were enjoying the moment.
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We achieved our first small goal,
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which was to advance to the Round of 16,
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the furthest the U19 team
had gone up to that point.
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As time went on,
we were looking even further ahead.
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I mean, just a year ago,
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we were playing here
in Greece against familiar teams,
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and suddenly we eliminated Inter.
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It was fantastic!
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Of course, it was the first time that
Mr Marinakis, the President,
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came to the dressing room and
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he was the one that said to the team that
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“I believe that you can go all the way
and win the title.”
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The Conference League started
from the need
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to have more teams participating
in our competitions
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beyond the qualifying rounds
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and to enable many teams
to be competitive.
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A competition in which everyone can dream
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and everyone can excel.
That's how it started.
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Our hopes were always
that it becomes an interesting,
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competitive football competition,
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but we didn’t even hope that
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it would be so super successful
as it is now.
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The Conference League a year before
was won by West Ham
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and some of the management
of West Ham said that,
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some of the fans said that they
prefer winning this competition
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than staying in the Premier League,
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which tells you everything,
how important it is to win
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an international, or European...
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but this is actually a global competition.
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It has indeed become a competition
that can make the whole world dream.
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It's true football. It's really amazing,
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sometimes I prefer watching
Conference League matches
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to Champions League matches.
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There are rules in football that say
a team performs well
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when it is stable, has the same coach
and can achieve everything.
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Clearly, there are exceptions
that confirm the rule,
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and one of them occurred last year.
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Olympiacos changed coaches multiple times,
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starting with Martínez, then Carvalhal,
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followed by Silaidopoulos
for one game, and finally
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the current coach, Mendilibar.
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Everything went by really quickly.
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Usually I have more time to think,
but when they approached me
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they told me I had to answer that day.
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So, I didn’t have much time
to think and it was instant
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and in no time we decided to come over.
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I have a lot of respect for him.
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He’s crazy enough to keep dreaming
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and also like a challenge,
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like difficult matches
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and of course, like to win.
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José Luis Mendilibar came
to Greece and to Olympiacos
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after leaving Sevilla, but he didn't
leave Sevilla without a title;
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he left after winning the Europa League.
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I am a manager that
has changed very little,
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and I mean since I started managing.
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I think that I am a guy that
is good for the...
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for the player.
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I get along with him
and I understand the player.
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And I believe that in the same way,
the player also supports me.
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In the first moments,
I saw a very serious person,
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first of all, he was professional
in his work and cared about the players.
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Additionally, the team
was significantly strengthened
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during the January transfer window
when Horta and Carmo joined players
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who made a substantial impact,
along with Chiquinho.
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I am convinced that the ones
who win the games are the players.
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Not me, the manager. I can guide them.
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I can give them direction, but that’s it.
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That’s where it ends.
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Once they walk onto the field
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they are the ones that will be playing
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and the ones that win or lose the matches.
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We played against a good
Hungarian team,
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which wins the league
in Hungary almost every year.
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And it was a very complicated game.
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The truth is that
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we didn’t play a great match.
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Sometimes
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it helps you to play better in the future,
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when you win even if you don’t play well.
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We didn’t play wonderfully,
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but the outcome gave us that confidence
that we could continue to accomplish,
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and continue to do the things
that the manager demands of us
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and I think that helped us a lot.
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In Budapest, we were more comfortable
than in the first match.
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We were much better as a team;
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the coach had understood
what he wanted from us,
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and we were a team that, although
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we had only been with the coach
for a little while,
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he had communicated his desires to us.
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In my life,
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I was born an Olympiacos fan.
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In elementary school,
from the first grade,
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most of the kids were Olympiacos fans.
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The local grocer,
who was also an Olympiacos fan,
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took me to Karaiskaki Stadium
for my first game,
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Since then, Olympiacos took root
in my heart.
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On the date I got married in 1970,
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I told the priest to schedule
the ceremony for 8:00 PM
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because Olympiacos had a match,
and it might go into extra time.
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So, I went to watch Olympiacos,
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then went home, changed,
and went to the church.
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I don’t think I could be anything
other than an Olympiacos fan,
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Olympiacos is an idea.
It is a legend. It is a history.
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The good thing is that Olympiacos
currently has a President
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who, like us, lives for Olympiacos
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and always wants the team
to be a champion.
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My father, he never put any pressure on me
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to follow him in football.
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He did it in his own way,
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letting me make my choices.
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He was the one that,
from the very beginning,
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taught me to take responsibility and to...
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work hard.
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And at the end of the day,
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that it’s up to you,
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up to me to perform
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and make the difference.
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This night was a nightmare for us.
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After that match it was as if a family
member of each player had died.
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It was one of the worst,
let’s say, results
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that we ever had in Karaiskakis Stadium.
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The outcome was horrible.
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The way we played wasn’t as bad.
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I think they didn’t take many shots
and, yet, scored a lot of goals.
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They scored four goals.
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But I don’t think they did so much
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to make us lose with that score.
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It was truly a shock
because no one expected
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this to be the obstacle we would face.
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It was a very sad moment
because those of us
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who have been here for many years
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always hoped that this
would be the year we would do well.
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We had endured many disappointments
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in years when we believed
we would succeed,
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so the first thought
that crossed our minds was,
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"Not again, not like this."
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After every match, we are all
together and we have a meeting.
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The President, the staff,
the sports director.
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Ok, when we lose, we are not so many.
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When we win, a lot of people come,
this happens in life.
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So I remember that night, the agent
of our coach Mr Mendilibar was here
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and the President went
to his table and said to him,
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“I want to speak to you and the coach.”
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We had a discussion about the future
of Olympiacos.
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They were talking about twenty minutes.
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I said, “I think that we
should renew your contract
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for another year and a half.”
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I said, “Ok.”
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I think this was the message to everybody.
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“I don’t care about the loss,
I don’t care about the score.”
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We will recover. And I’m optimistic.
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When we arrived in Serbia,
we crossed the fans of Maccabi.
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They were cheering,
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"You’re going
to take five more”, you know?
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And nobody talked.
We were all focused in our job.
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And I felt that and I said,
“Oh, very good”.
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I can see that the players were focused.
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I saw it as a revenge match for the result
that happened on our home field.
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When we stepped onto the field
and saw some fans waiting for us there,
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I remembered that the journey had
been very difficult.
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I understood that those fans
believed in us, in a comeback,
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and that they thought
we could win the match.
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We stepped onto the field with the
extra motivation from the coach,
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who had been talking
to us all week, saying,
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"If you are who I want and who I know,
you will be able to succeed.”
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When we went to Serbia
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and saw the Israelis warming up
before the match,
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it was as if they were going for a stroll,
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thinking, "Well, we won
by 4 goals in Athens,
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we'll score another four here and leave."
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This happens to those who are arrogant
and underestimate their opponents;
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the Israelis paid for that.
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Well, during the break you start
thinking that you could go through.
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But with the play-off being a draw
you start thinking more like
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“Don’t let them score, don’t let
them score, don’t let-”
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And they did score a goal.
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I could see the Israelis
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looking at a different Olympiacos
in the stadium, unable to react.
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That was when we were all shouting,
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while some were saying
to take it easy and hold on,
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no, now, now we need more and more,
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because at that moment
they didn't believe it.
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As soon as the cross came in, I thought,
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"Oh no, what is he trying to do?
Why isn't he just heading it?"
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Scoring using the scissor kick,
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I mean, for a long time
I developed the reflex in my body,
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if the ball was high in the sky,
I will score using this technique.
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I had the confidence that the team
were playing really well,
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and I was thinking that we
could qualify,
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and I was thinking that we could qualify,
and that we could score a goal,
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that we could win the play-off
without going to penalties.
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A good football player can win
a match at any moment.
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The only thing we were afraid
of was a bad moment, some misfortune;
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the team's capability inspired confidence.
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It was a bombshell.
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I think nothing like this had ever
happened before in Europe.
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A team losing at home by three goals
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and then surviving the play-offs.
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That proves to the player
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that there is always a possibility.
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Nobody believed.
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We had only fifty-six fans
that came with us.
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I don’t know if they were believing,
but they were there
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and they saw the miracle themselves.
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I really believed.
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We had some bad results,
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but we had a good team.
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And I remember that,
you will see it over there,
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this ‘Never Never Give Up’ sign.
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I was talking with one
of my personal assistants, and I said
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“You know you have
to order a hundred pieces.”
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We need to give all the players,
the technical staff,
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one piece of ‘Never Never Give Up’
to put in their houses,
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their offices, wherever they sit
when they go home,
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when they wake up, wherever.
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And of course, afterwards,
better results came.
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I remember we were celebrating
like little kids,
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Yes I remember celebrating
with them after the game,
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everyone had a smile on their faces,
everyone happy.
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We called the President after the game.
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That match I can say is one of the best
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and memorable games
in my football history.
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It is a match I will take with me
for the rest of my life,
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it was really tough
and we achieved something
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that was considered a miracle.
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Everyone was saying that we could
not stand a chance, but we believed
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that we could not stand a chance,
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but we believed
and we left Serbia qualified.
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- Olympiacos! Olympiacos!
- Olympiacos! Olympiacos!
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Olympiacos was doing tryouts,
and I said, "Guys, let’s go."
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You did four tryouts and you did three,
anyway, you did the tryouts.
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I remember the last tryout;
it must have been.
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We were 9 years old,
and it was pouring rain;
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I remember it was like a flood.
We kept on with the training;
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we had already started, how many?
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There must have been
about 300 kids for the tryouts,
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and if I remember correctly,
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they took 4 or 5,
somewhere around there.
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Every day when I finished work,
he would ask me,
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"Did they call you?
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Did we get into Olympiacos?
Did we get into Olympiacos?"
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00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:31,440
You had a lot of anxiety, as soon
as I finished work, he kept asking me,
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"Did they call you? Did they call you?"
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I told him not to rush
because it was December,
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and Christmas was coming
and all that, holidays,
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00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:40,400
and anyway,
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on January 1st, the technical director,
Mr. Amanatidis,
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called me and said that
I was starting with Olympiacos.
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And everyone was very happy,
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especially you because you had
been waiting for it.
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Also, we are all Olympiacos fans,
490
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:01,240
so you went crazy with joy.
491
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:03,840
Your dream.
492
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:16,880
The first thing I remember vividly
about the match against Lens is that
493
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:20,040
I didn't play because
I got sick the night before.
494
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:23,920
And I remember it was maybe
the worst moment of my life
495
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,840
because it was the biggest match
I'd ever played up to that point.
496
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:33,640
I was thinking that if something went
wrong and we didn't advance,
497
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:38,600
it would really upset me that
I wasn't there to help my team.
498
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:49,840
I believe strongly in memories.
499
00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:59,000
Success has to do with togetherness.
500
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:02,480
From the guy that cleans the facility,
501
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:09,640
the guys that sell merchandise
outside the stadium,
502
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:15,120
the chairman, the owner,
everybody should be part of it.
503
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:18,720
And it is very important
that everybody believes
504
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:21,400
and has faith.
505
00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:25,200
And of course, what is important
is to be capable to do it
506
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:29,840
because even if you have
all the goodwill of the world
507
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:31,480
but you’re not capable,
508
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:33,840
you will find it much harder.
509
00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:36,600
And what I have said to our players,
510
00:42:37,240 --> 00:42:42,520
“What you need to realize
is that you are able to do it,
511
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:43,760
you are capable of doing it,
512
00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:45,280
you can do it.
513
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:50,640
So it’s not me, that I’m trying
to encourage you, or to inspire you.
514
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:53,040
The leader here is yourself.
515
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:54,680
The god is you.
516
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:56,720
You can do it.”
517
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:17,680
When your mind’s recalling
the memories of succeeding,
518
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:22,040
it’s always easier for you
to shoot a penalty
519
00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:23,960
or to win the penalty shootout.
520
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:47,560
Well, being in the Champions League
quarter-finals,
521
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:51,000
we knew we were the first Greek team
to achieve this.
522
00:43:57,880 --> 00:43:59,280
We had seen the other opponents
523
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:03,440
and realized that things
were getting much tougher;
524
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,360
we weren't fooling ourselves about that.
525
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:21,280
I believe at the beginning,
as we didn't have the experience
526
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:24,440
of European matches, we were a bit...
527
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:27,360
we lacked confidence and felt
some pressure.
528
00:44:28,240 --> 00:44:30,920
However, as we started to play well,
our confidence grew.
529
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:35,280
I specifically remember
with Bayern during the warm-up,
530
00:44:35,720 --> 00:44:37,240
I was saying,
531
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:39,560
"There's no way this team
is going to lose here today."
532
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:40,720
There was no chance of that.
533
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:45,160
From the warm-up,
I could see that I wasn't afraid at all;
534
00:44:45,240 --> 00:44:47,800
I thought, "As we are right now,
there's no way we won't win this."
535
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:50,280
Bayern is a giant.
536
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:52,040
We knew that it would not be easy.
537
00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:56,760
But it was the process of growing
from the games that we had played before
538
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:58,560
that gave us that confidence.
539
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:00,600
And you can see it in our body language,
540
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:03,200
how confident we were before going outside
541
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:05,880
and how confident
we were inside the game.
542
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:27,000
There’s something that we say all
the time to our players that,
543
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:30,120
after scoring a goal,
the two minutes after the goal,
544
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:33,440
scoring or suffering,
are the most important minutes,
545
00:45:33,720 --> 00:45:36,640
because the concentration
of the team that scores
546
00:45:36,720 --> 00:45:40,040
or the concentration of the team
that had suffered the goal,
547
00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:42,520
it’s a little bit unbalanced.
548
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:47,440
So it’s a good way for us to be
really focused and try to score
549
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:50,480
in the next phase, or in the next minutes.
550
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:20,760
We were looking at each other
in disbelief saying,
551
00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:22,320
"Has this really happened?!"
552
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:25,120
We had scored three goals
in just eight minutes,
553
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:27,160
and we didn’t know what
was happening ourselves.
554
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:39,160
Okay, we knew who
we were playing against,
555
00:46:39,240 --> 00:46:40,520
we knew what kind of team they were.
556
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:42,720
And maybe that second half
557
00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:45,920
was the half I will remember
for the rest of my life; I mean,
558
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:47,400
we really suffered in the second half.
559
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:49,000
And that's part of the game
560
00:46:49,080 --> 00:46:51,480
when you play against such a team
and you’re winning 0-3
561
00:46:51,720 --> 00:46:57,040
in such a competition,
facing players like that.
562
00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:59,440
You knew it
wouldn't be an easy ride.
563
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:10,800
We showed that we can beat anyone.
564
00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:18,000
We had many fans with us against Bayern.
565
00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:20,680
They were cheering and really
didn’t stop for a minute.
566
00:47:21,320 --> 00:47:23,320
My family was there too,
567
00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:25,040
and we were saying,
568
00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:27,920
"Guys, we’re in the semifinals!"
Even we couldn’t believe it.
569
00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:33,920
Of course we were proud
to reach the final four and
570
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:36,800
be part of such a great competition.
571
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:40,080
It was a great chance for us
to write history.
572
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:57,480
I have an idea,
573
00:47:57,560 --> 00:48:00,160
and I’ve had this
since I started coaching 30 years ago,
574
00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:03,720
this idea of pressing high,
of playing on the opposite side,
575
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:04,960
of playing from outside,
576
00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:06,760
of creating a lot of crosses.
577
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:09,680
And this idea hasn’t changed in 30 years.
578
00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:13,440
Nowadays, football is about wanting
to start the play from the goal,
579
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:17,080
of risking very often during the passes,
even to your own goalkeeper,
580
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:19,560
that when they steal the ball from you,
you are near the box.
581
00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:23,120
And if you get it right,
then it’s perfect,
582
00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:26,560
everything works out tremendously...
But if you hesitate,
583
00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:29,640
every hesitation creates more
and more mistakes.
584
00:48:29,720 --> 00:48:31,040
And it is very hard to get back from that.
585
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:38,160
I don’t even really count the goalkeepers
when we are training.
586
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:39,760
I always only count the field players.
587
00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:43,240
The goalkeepers,
when I need them [whistles]
588
00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:45,440
I get two goalkeepers
to come over and that’s it, no more.
589
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:47,320
I don’t pay much attention
to the goalkeepers.
590
00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:51,720
Yes, it’s true-
Well, it’s not fully true, because
591
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:54,640
it really bothers me
when they don’t grab it.
592
00:48:54,720 --> 00:48:56,080
It really bothers me
when they clear the ball.
593
00:48:56,600 --> 00:48:59,200
It really bothers me if
they won’t come out
594
00:48:59,720 --> 00:49:01,960
when you have someone standing 1.90m tall.
595
00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:04,760
Those things [snarls] get me-
596
00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:08,120
Everyone is always talking
about big goalkeepers,
597
00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:10,600
and then I say to the goalkeeper coaches
598
00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:12,120
“What is the point
of having a big goalkeeper
599
00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:14,240
if he doesn’t step out
of the goal line?
600
00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:15,840
It doesn’t matter if he is big or small.”
601
00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:17,720
So, these are things that-
602
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:19,560
I said before that I don’t bother
with goalkeepers
603
00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:22,440
but I only bother in a bad way,
usually, not to--
604
00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:24,280
If he stops a penalty,
605
00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:26,000
well that’s what he’s supposed to do,
to stop the penalty.
606
00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:36,480
He is the person who made me
607
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:39,120
defend the goalposts of Olympiacos,
608
00:49:39,200 --> 00:49:43,960
so he is the one who started
this whole part of my career.
609
00:50:02,680 --> 00:50:06,280
As it always is,
the atmosphere is electric.
610
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:09,400
The whole crowd,
611
00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:11,480
not just Gate 7,
612
00:50:11,560 --> 00:50:14,680
but the entire Karaiskakis
is a very strong home ground
613
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:18,360
with a rich football culture.
At the same time, it’s a powerful stadium.
614
00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:21,360
The opponent feels it, and above all,
615
00:50:22,040 --> 00:50:24,320
we give wings to the feet of our players.
616
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:30,600
When you are playing only one match,
617
00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:32,080
you have to win.
618
00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:35,120
Whether you are doing badly or well,
you need to take risks.
619
00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:38,200
In a play-off, you don’t need
to take as many risks.
620
00:50:38,680 --> 00:50:40,240
And that is how it was.
621
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:44,800
But the joy of the game
is something I don’t want to lose,
622
00:50:44,960 --> 00:50:46,120
and that’s how we started.
623
00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:15,240
Well, to be honest, at 3-0,
it felt really nice,
624
00:52:15,320 --> 00:52:18,080
And I was thinking it would be
great if it could end like that.
625
00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:43,040
We couldn’t keep a clean sheet
and go to Turkey with a 3-0 lead,
626
00:52:43,120 --> 00:52:47,360
which would have been a huge
advantage for our qualification.
627
00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:52,040
Nevertheless, we held on to the victory,
showed a strong performance.
628
00:52:57,320 --> 00:53:00,320
So, we were going to Turkey
to defend the 3-2 lead
629
00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:02,240
and aim to reach the semifinals.
630
00:53:16,240 --> 00:53:17,720
I was really looking forward to it.
631
00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:21,440
I remember back in 2019
632
00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:24,240
or maybe 2020, 2021, we played in Turkey
633
00:53:24,320 --> 00:53:27,680
against Fenerbahçe,
and when we stepped outside,
634
00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:29,720
the stadium was buzzing with fans
635
00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:31,560
and I was on the bench thinking to myself
636
00:53:31,640 --> 00:53:34,200
during the warm-up that there’s no way I
could miss out
637
00:53:34,280 --> 00:53:38,840
on playing in a match
with such a crowd in the stands,
638
00:53:38,920 --> 00:53:40,680
with the crowd’s cheers and whistles.
639
00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:42,200
It was an incredible atmosphere.
640
00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:48,400
And then life brought it full circle
after a few years,
641
00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:50,760
where I went to the stadium
and got to play,
642
00:53:51,400 --> 00:53:52,760
so I was really looking forward to it.
643
00:53:58,760 --> 00:54:04,200
The support from
their supporters was huge.
644
00:54:04,680 --> 00:54:08,240
The noise was huge.
645
00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:10,160
A lot of respect for this.
646
00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:30,960
Sometimes the players prefer to play
647
00:54:31,440 --> 00:54:32,400
in that sort of atmosphere,
648
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:34,800
rather than a cold atmosphere
that don’t make you feel anything.
649
00:54:35,320 --> 00:54:37,960
When they truly come
at you for whatever reason,
650
00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:39,840
that’s when you are the most
in the game.
651
00:55:07,600 --> 00:55:10,120
When we conceded a goal,
652
00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:14,760
the players
had the mental fortitude to say
653
00:55:15,240 --> 00:55:18,600
“Let’s keep this going and let’s try
654
00:55:18,920 --> 00:55:21,320
to maintain the score or try
to get the draw.”
655
00:55:21,400 --> 00:55:23,040
No just thinking:
656
00:55:23,280 --> 00:55:26,200
“Oof, what have they done
to us, let’s stay back.”
657
00:55:26,440 --> 00:55:29,760
In that sense, the player has got
that mental fortitude which...
658
00:55:31,080 --> 00:55:32,280
You can tell them about,
but at the end of the day
659
00:55:32,360 --> 00:55:34,000
if they don’t find it themselves,
it’s all worthless.
660
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:03,560
Well, at that moment, you grab
a hold of whoever is next to you.
661
00:56:04,720 --> 00:56:07,440
I don’t usually like
to watch the penalties,
662
00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:09,560
not only the ones
that happen after extra time
663
00:56:09,640 --> 00:56:12,000
but even the penalties during the match.
664
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:15,360
And then, well, I am not sure if
it’s a case of head or tails,
665
00:56:15,440 --> 00:56:20,000
of luck, of skill...
Because at the end of the day...
666
00:56:22,280 --> 00:56:23,680
not everything can be down to luck.
667
00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:29,680
I remember
that during the match in Turkey,
668
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:33,400
I was sitting behind the bench
with my colleagues,
669
00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:36,520
and behind me was a man
I didn't know.
670
00:56:36,600 --> 00:56:38,520
I had seen him many times in the stadium,
but didn’t know.
671
00:56:38,680 --> 00:56:41,880
So, this man comes,
before the penalty shootout started,
672
00:56:42,120 --> 00:56:43,920
grabbed my hand and put something in it,
673
00:56:44,440 --> 00:56:46,200
saying, "Please, take this to my son."
674
00:56:47,160 --> 00:56:48,800
I was confused and asked,
"What is this? Who is your son?"
675
00:56:48,880 --> 00:56:51,240
He replied, "My son is Tzolakis;
please give this to him."
676
00:56:51,520 --> 00:56:54,320
I didn't know how to get down
or how to reach the pitch
677
00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:56,840
where Tzolakis was;
he had already gone down by the goal.
678
00:56:57,600 --> 00:57:01,200
However, I ran as fast as I could,
as if I had to save the world.
679
00:57:01,360 --> 00:57:05,000
Suddenly I received a talisman out
of nowhere.
680
00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:09,560
I placed it next to my towel
and my water bottle,
681
00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:14,200
and I held onto it throughout the duration
of our penalty kicks.
682
00:57:14,280 --> 00:57:17,760
When they were taking their penalties,
I would leave it there next to my towel.
683
00:57:20,280 --> 00:57:21,320
I pick a point.
684
00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:25,240
It could be someone in the crowd
or an object, or something.
685
00:57:25,320 --> 00:57:26,760
I pick a fixed point
686
00:57:26,840 --> 00:57:29,040
and, usually, a batch of penalties,
687
00:57:29,360 --> 00:57:32,080
during the five penalties I stare
at that fixed point or at that person
688
00:57:32,160 --> 00:57:33,840
or at a face, or an object,
or whatever it is.
689
00:57:51,800 --> 00:57:52,880
The most important thing for me was
690
00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:54,240
my father's presence in the stadium.
691
00:57:54,320 --> 00:57:57,200
That was the significant influence for me.
692
00:57:57,480 --> 00:58:01,520
As for the talisman, well,
everyone believes in something.
693
00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:09,680
A week before, my mind went back
to the game at our stadium
694
00:58:09,760 --> 00:58:12,320
where I had conceded a penalty
from my left side.
695
00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:16,280
I had already decided that he
wouldn’t change sides
696
00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:18,280
and would take it exactly the same way,
697
00:58:24,800 --> 00:58:29,040
Luckily, Tadić sent it
to the right side that I chose.
698
00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:52,160
If he scores, we go through immediately
without taking the fifth penalty.
699
00:59:52,960 --> 00:59:55,600
I catch his ball, give it
to Rodinei, and say,
700
00:59:56,480 --> 00:59:59,080
“Let’s go.” He responds, “We pass,”
701
00:59:59,160 --> 01:00:01,440
implying that we’ve already made it.
702
01:00:16,440 --> 01:00:21,000
He takes the penalty
and because I’m positioned close
703
01:00:21,080 --> 01:00:24,760
and because I’m positioned close
to the area with the goal line,
704
01:00:24,840 --> 01:00:28,000
I have a clear view of whether
the ball crosses the line or not.
705
01:00:28,080 --> 01:00:32,360
He takes the shot, and I see that
the ball hasn’t crossed the line,
706
01:00:33,680 --> 01:00:37,080
so I think, “We still have more to go.”
707
01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:40,480
He went to argue with the referee,
trying to see if the watch
708
01:00:40,560 --> 01:00:43,760
would indicate that it had crossed,
saying something like “no battery”
709
01:00:43,840 --> 01:00:46,000
about the watch,
or something along those lines.
710
01:00:46,680 --> 01:00:47,600
That’s what he told me.
711
01:00:48,280 --> 01:00:50,160
In the end, it hadn’t crossed,
so we continued the game.
712
01:01:05,400 --> 01:01:07,840
As soon as Bonucci took the ball,
713
01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:11,360
I thought, given his immense experience
over all these years
714
01:01:11,880 --> 01:01:13,280
and the many penalties in his career,
715
01:01:13,360 --> 01:01:16,000
both in penalty shootouts and
in regular play,
716
01:01:17,320 --> 01:01:22,120
I instinctively felt I would dive
to the same side.
717
01:01:30,320 --> 01:01:32,760
Fortunately, I did, and from
there we moved on.
718
01:01:54,600 --> 01:01:57,120
I went and hugged my father.
719
01:01:57,200 --> 01:02:02,960
As soon as we got to the locker room,
I took a FaceTime call
720
01:02:03,040 --> 01:02:04,720
with my mom and my brother,
721
01:02:05,360 --> 01:02:07,080
and we were all incredibly emotional
722
01:02:07,160 --> 01:02:08,880
because we achieved
something extraordinary,
723
01:02:09,600 --> 01:02:14,040
something that hasn’t been done
in the 99-year history
724
01:02:14,120 --> 01:02:15,560
of Olympiacos at that time.
725
01:02:16,240 --> 01:02:19,680
Those were moments that will be etched
in my memory for my entire life.
726
01:02:41,880 --> 01:02:43,760
You know what I like from him?
727
01:02:44,840 --> 01:02:48,200
We renew him
when we lost 1-4 at Karaiskakis,
728
01:02:48,560 --> 01:02:50,240
because we like the difficult things.
729
01:02:50,560 --> 01:02:52,600
And we like to win
in difficult conditions.
730
01:02:52,680 --> 01:02:53,680
Yeah.
731
01:02:56,000 --> 01:02:56,840
Last four!
732
01:02:56,920 --> 01:02:58,120
Last four!
733
01:02:58,200 --> 01:02:59,000
Last four!
734
01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:11,160
It was chaos!
735
01:03:11,360 --> 01:03:14,360
We arrived at 6:00 in the morning,
and the fans were already there.
736
01:03:16,240 --> 01:03:19,640
At one point,
someone handed me a torch,
737
01:03:20,200 --> 01:03:23,720
and I took it in my hands,
and it was truly a celebration.
738
01:03:23,800 --> 01:03:27,760
As I was holding the flare,
Masouras was in front of me,
739
01:03:28,280 --> 01:03:31,040
and after about three minutes
of holding the torch away
740
01:03:31,120 --> 01:03:32,320
from me so I wouldn't get burned,
741
01:03:32,960 --> 01:03:36,840
Masouras started to catch fire,
but he didn’t realize that I was the one
742
01:03:36,920 --> 01:03:38,080
holding the torch.
743
01:03:38,240 --> 01:03:39,840
I don’t know, maybe once
he sees the documentary,
744
01:03:39,920 --> 01:03:41,200
he’ll understand
that it was me holding the flare,
745
01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:43,160
and I probably burned myself
a little on the hand.
746
01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:58,080
I didn't expect it.
If I were to reflect back five years,
747
01:03:58,680 --> 01:04:00,320
I wouldn't have been able
to imagine or dream
748
01:04:00,400 --> 01:04:01,720
of these moments that I have experienced.
749
01:04:11,920 --> 01:04:15,760
Sometimes the planets line up
for a season,
750
01:04:16,520 --> 01:04:18,160
you feel like nothing bad
can happen to you
751
01:04:18,240 --> 01:04:21,160
And it can't be explained,
it's just the way it is.
752
01:04:29,880 --> 01:04:32,000
I said since you made it this far,
753
01:04:32,800 --> 01:04:34,440
it’s not crazy to win it.
754
01:04:34,760 --> 01:04:35,760
There are only two matches left.
755
01:04:36,040 --> 01:04:36,840
Two matches, yes.
756
01:05:06,200 --> 01:05:08,600
We had to keep the right balance.
757
01:05:08,680 --> 01:05:10,160
For me that’s the key word
758
01:05:10,320 --> 01:05:14,520
about the enthusiasm to go into the final
and be ready to play through the final.
759
01:05:14,760 --> 01:05:17,560
And I think that the team also,
after the game,
760
01:05:17,720 --> 01:05:20,040
was not really big celebrations, because
761
01:05:20,840 --> 01:05:24,840
we knew that after two days
we have to perform
762
01:05:25,080 --> 01:05:27,320
even better and to perform
for something that
763
01:05:27,400 --> 01:05:30,520
no other team in Greece had won before.
764
01:05:37,560 --> 01:05:41,840
The Youth League is a competition
we are very proud of.
765
01:05:42,680 --> 01:05:45,680
It was very significant
that for the first time a Greek team
766
01:05:46,320 --> 01:05:48,640
came here to play
in the Final Four.
767
01:05:49,000 --> 01:05:51,840
It is truly impressive, and
768
01:05:52,720 --> 01:05:54,280
I think it is one of the few,
769
01:05:54,360 --> 01:05:57,600
if not the only, teams
that had players solely
770
01:05:57,920 --> 01:06:00,400
from their own country playing here.
771
01:06:01,320 --> 01:06:03,200
I think that...
772
01:06:04,040 --> 01:06:05,440
to share my opinion,
773
01:06:06,040 --> 01:06:11,840
I'm not speaking as a general secretary
but just as a fan.
774
01:06:12,880 --> 01:06:14,720
my wife and kids were there,
and they asked me,
775
01:06:14,800 --> 01:06:16,280
"Dad, can we cheer?" I told them,
776
01:06:16,360 --> 01:06:18,640
"Of course, do whatever you want,
just don’t sit close to me;
777
01:06:18,720 --> 01:06:20,360
go somewhere and do whatever you want."
778
01:06:21,120 --> 01:06:24,880
Then I looked at them, and they
were behaving like real hooligans.
779
01:06:34,400 --> 01:06:37,600
When I went to watch the youth,
780
01:06:37,680 --> 01:06:40,840
everybody congratulated me because
781
01:06:40,960 --> 01:06:44,360
they could see the coach,
they could see the technical team,
782
01:06:44,440 --> 01:06:47,720
they could see the analysts,
they could see the physios,
783
01:06:48,200 --> 01:06:51,240
overall it was a very capable team.
784
01:06:51,680 --> 01:06:56,240
They were pleasantly surprised
to see a very well-organized team,
785
01:06:56,360 --> 01:07:01,400
also people that really wanted
to make it happen.
786
01:07:03,400 --> 01:07:07,440
The final is something that we prepare,
787
01:07:07,520 --> 01:07:11,480
but we were practically invited
like by accident.
788
01:07:12,120 --> 01:07:16,360
Because, when you look at the group
at the very beginning
789
01:07:16,600 --> 01:07:17,960
there are so many big teams.
790
01:07:19,360 --> 01:07:21,040
So we told ourselves
that we had nothing to lose
791
01:07:22,600 --> 01:07:26,600
From the moment I woke up
on the day of the final,
792
01:07:27,080 --> 01:07:28,440
I was so eager.
793
01:07:28,520 --> 01:07:30,080
I couldn't sleep the night before
794
01:07:30,640 --> 01:07:33,560
because I wanted the hours to pass quickly
so I could be at the stadium.
795
01:07:33,800 --> 01:07:38,120
I remember we were all very
focused and in high spirits;
796
01:07:38,200 --> 01:07:39,760
we were ready.
797
01:07:40,960 --> 01:07:43,000
I never even imagined it;
798
01:07:43,080 --> 01:07:44,440
it wasn’t something I had as a dream.
799
01:07:44,520 --> 01:07:47,280
It wasn’t like my dream of wanting
to play for Olympiacos;
800
01:07:47,920 --> 01:07:51,440
it was something I never expected
to happen in my life.
801
01:07:52,280 --> 01:07:53,960
I woke up in the morning thinking,
802
01:07:54,160 --> 01:07:56,320
“What? I’m playing in a European final?”
803
01:07:57,200 --> 01:08:01,360
But that didn’t scare or worry me,
nor did it stress me out,
804
01:08:02,040 --> 01:08:04,480
because we had incredible
self-confidence as a team.
805
01:08:07,320 --> 01:08:10,640
Our focus was to perform
in the highest level and
806
01:08:10,720 --> 01:08:14,360
to perform in a way that could bring
the trophy back to Greece.
807
01:08:16,160 --> 01:08:18,320
It’s a game that, there’s no regrets.
808
01:08:18,400 --> 01:08:19,600
There’s ninety minutes
809
01:08:19,840 --> 01:08:21,440
and we have to be present
810
01:08:21,520 --> 01:08:25,040
and we have to live it
in the best way that we can,
811
01:08:25,120 --> 01:08:28,000
because after these ninety minutes,
it’s history.
812
01:08:28,240 --> 01:08:29,440
And we cannot take it back.
813
01:08:43,320 --> 01:08:44,360
The first half,
814
01:08:44,960 --> 01:08:46,040
we performed really well.
815
01:08:46,120 --> 01:08:49,000
We were dominating
and we were losing a lot of chances,
816
01:08:49,080 --> 01:08:51,160
so I was a little bit worried,
817
01:08:51,440 --> 01:08:54,840
that we had to score in these chances,
it would be much easier.
818
01:08:57,040 --> 01:08:59,000
I take notice of a lot
of the body language
819
01:08:59,640 --> 01:09:01,720
and the way that people are working,
820
01:09:01,800 --> 01:09:05,680
or the way they are treating each other,
the way they are talking to each other.
821
01:09:08,040 --> 01:09:09,760
I felt that we were going
to take the cup.
822
01:09:34,040 --> 01:09:37,800
Since you made it this far,
it’s not crazy to win it.
823
01:09:40,360 --> 01:09:41,320
Your dream.
824
01:09:55,560 --> 01:09:57,000
Ok, I was calm in the first goal,
825
01:09:57,080 --> 01:10:00,120
because I knew that there was a lot
of game on and
826
01:10:00,200 --> 01:10:02,200
we have to be calm also for the kids too,
827
01:10:02,280 --> 01:10:06,440
because if I’m more emotional
than I have to be,
828
01:10:06,840 --> 01:10:08,480
also it’s transmitted to the team.
829
01:10:20,320 --> 01:10:22,720
2-0 after, you know, three minutes,
830
01:10:24,200 --> 01:10:25,480
you start believing more.
831
01:10:52,160 --> 01:10:56,440
To score a goal in the final
of the Youth League that way, 0-3,
832
01:10:57,320 --> 01:11:01,120
all the stars are aligning in that moment
833
01:11:01,200 --> 01:11:05,920
and it was a goal
that I celebrated really...
834
01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:08,960
In a way that I’ve
never celebrated a goal before.
835
01:11:24,280 --> 01:11:27,360
I remember feeling
so exhausted around the 90th minute,
836
01:11:27,440 --> 01:11:29,240
my legs felt like they were done.
837
01:11:29,680 --> 01:11:33,640
We had two matches
in four days, both very crucial games.
838
01:11:35,560 --> 01:11:37,320
As soon as I heard the referee's whistle,
839
01:11:37,400 --> 01:11:40,880
I just sat down and forgot everything.
840
01:11:40,960 --> 01:11:42,960
I didn’t feel tired or anything;
841
01:11:43,120 --> 01:11:44,560
the only thing on my mind was
842
01:11:44,880 --> 01:11:47,560
when I would go to get my medal
and lift the trophy.
843
01:12:18,160 --> 01:12:19,560
It was joy, endless joy!
844
01:12:19,880 --> 01:12:23,640
It taught me to believe
in ourselves above all
845
01:12:24,000 --> 01:12:25,680
and not to be afraid of anything.
846
01:12:26,440 --> 01:12:27,880
No matter who you face,
847
01:12:28,480 --> 01:12:30,480
you must believe in yourself
because you can achieve it.
848
01:12:54,360 --> 01:12:57,560
There was a moment when UEFA gave us
849
01:12:57,640 --> 01:13:02,920
a marble with all the teams
that was inside the competition.
850
01:13:03,640 --> 01:13:08,960
and you see teams like Real Madrid,
Barcelona, Milan, Inter, Juventus, Bayern,
851
01:13:09,560 --> 01:13:11,000
and you are the champion,
852
01:13:11,080 --> 01:13:13,920
then you realise how big
the achievement is.
853
01:13:14,400 --> 01:13:16,680
I’m really happy and I’m really proud
854
01:13:16,760 --> 01:13:20,480
of being the first Greek coach
to win a European title.
855
01:13:38,400 --> 01:13:39,840
Very emotional moments;
856
01:13:41,240 --> 01:13:46,000
my heart swelled with pride and joy,
857
01:13:46,280 --> 01:13:50,920
and the best part
was when the match ended,
858
01:13:51,880 --> 01:13:56,520
and he came to the stands and said,
"Look where I brought you,
859
01:13:57,240 --> 01:13:58,800
what I brought you to,"
860
01:13:59,880 --> 01:14:04,440
and it was very nice,
a really wonderful feeling.
861
01:14:13,560 --> 01:14:15,560
The Youth League is won by those
862
01:14:15,800 --> 01:14:18,080
who are affiliated
with the big teams of Europe.
863
01:14:18,160 --> 01:14:21,840
The English, some French, some Spanish
864
01:14:22,360 --> 01:14:24,040
from the big Leagues, let’s say, right?
865
01:14:24,120 --> 01:14:27,560
And it turns out that
from the Greek League,
866
01:14:27,720 --> 01:14:32,000
the Youth League Olympiacos has won
against all of those players, right?
867
01:14:32,120 --> 01:14:35,880
So. You say, damn, maybe we could do same?
868
01:14:47,400 --> 01:14:52,160
We know that they play in one of the best
leagues in Europe, the Premier League.
869
01:14:52,240 --> 01:14:56,200
And we know that they are always
up in the top four / top five.
870
01:14:56,680 --> 01:14:58,280
We know it's going to be difficult.
871
01:15:04,040 --> 01:15:06,880
Surely, we were the outsiders
in that match;
872
01:15:06,960 --> 01:15:11,240
we all knew it, and we went
to enjoy it and do our best.
873
01:15:11,720 --> 01:15:13,320
However, I want to tell you that
there was one person
874
01:15:13,400 --> 01:15:16,640
who was confident and kept telling us all
that we would win
875
01:15:16,720 --> 01:15:19,440
and that in this match,
we would leave as victors.
876
01:15:23,200 --> 01:15:24,880
I was absolutely convinced
that we were going to win there.
877
01:15:24,960 --> 01:15:26,520
That we were going
to have a great match there.
878
01:15:26,600 --> 01:15:27,800
I was absolutely convinced.
879
01:15:29,920 --> 01:15:34,840
Why? Because I think that
English football matches well
880
01:15:34,920 --> 01:15:38,360
with the style of football
that I want to play, I think.
881
01:16:20,640 --> 01:16:23,320
I knew that all of them were against
Olympiacos, they all said
882
01:16:23,400 --> 01:16:26,600
Aston Villa was the favorite,
and they were the favorite.
883
01:16:26,880 --> 01:16:30,280
It is the team with the most investment,
with the most money.
884
01:16:30,360 --> 01:16:35,920
So Aston Villa was the favorite,
but I take football with this phrase:
885
01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:40,040
On the field we are 11 against 11,
the winner will be the team
886
01:16:40,120 --> 01:16:41,840
that runs the most and plays the most.
887
01:17:24,200 --> 01:17:26,440
I don’t think I have ever
had another striker
888
01:17:27,120 --> 01:17:28,880
who is so fruitful in front of the goal.
889
01:17:28,960 --> 01:17:30,240
And, of course,
that gives you life, right?
890
01:17:30,320 --> 01:17:33,360
The team believes in what they are doing,
891
01:17:33,480 --> 01:17:36,240
they believe in the player
that they have in front of them.
892
01:17:36,320 --> 01:17:38,000
They know that if he has two touches,
at least once he is scoring.
893
01:17:38,560 --> 01:17:41,600
That is very good for all of them.
And that helped us a lot.
894
01:17:46,800 --> 01:17:50,960
Years of hard work,
always hard work.
895
01:17:51,040 --> 01:17:56,440
Eventually you reap the benefits
of the hard work.
896
01:17:56,880 --> 01:17:58,640
I could work for five years
and reap nothing,
897
01:17:58,720 --> 01:18:02,600
you could work just one year
and reap nothing
898
01:18:02,680 --> 01:18:06,160
and you could work for six months
and reap the benefits.
899
01:18:06,480 --> 01:18:10,200
This is what football is all about,
I was working hard since childhood.
900
01:18:17,520 --> 01:18:20,880
Football has always meant
901
01:18:20,960 --> 01:18:26,400
a lot to me from my childhood.
902
01:18:26,640 --> 01:18:31,840
I remember after school, leaving my
school bag to go and play football.
903
01:18:31,920 --> 01:18:34,680
I was passionate about football.
904
01:18:36,000 --> 01:18:40,560
Obviously everything in life
has challenges
905
01:18:40,760 --> 01:18:43,840
and those challenges make us stronger.
906
01:18:44,120 --> 01:18:47,840
There were many challenges,
one of them, poverty.
907
01:18:48,160 --> 01:18:53,840
I couldn’t afford
to buy football boots or anything else.
908
01:18:54,160 --> 01:18:59,040
But thank God, I overcame all these
challenges and I wanted to play football.
909
01:18:59,360 --> 01:19:02,800
I worked different jobs to try help myself
910
01:19:03,080 --> 01:19:06,400
and my family overcome poverty.
911
01:19:06,480 --> 01:19:10,640
And thank God, we are still going step
by step and we hope for the best.
912
01:19:15,160 --> 01:19:19,640
I wanted always to be the best version
913
01:19:19,720 --> 01:19:22,520
of Ayoub El Kaabi and thank God,
914
01:19:22,600 --> 01:19:26,280
Olympiacos is the team that
has this version.
915
01:19:26,560 --> 01:19:29,480
So, I hope God willing, it won’t stop,
and I am hoping for more,
916
01:19:29,560 --> 01:19:32,880
and I hope to stay ’’like we say’’
hungry to give more and more.
917
01:19:40,040 --> 01:19:43,160
It had been many years
since I attended a European game
918
01:19:43,480 --> 01:19:47,160
at Karaiskakis, but this match,
having seen many games,
919
01:19:47,240 --> 01:19:50,760
I had never experienced an atmosphere
like that one.
920
01:19:55,320 --> 01:19:58,640
In the second match,
as soon as you entered Karaiskakis,
921
01:19:58,720 --> 01:20:05,600
you could feel from the crowd's energy
that you were in a different game.
922
01:20:05,680 --> 01:20:09,840
You sensed it without anyone
telling you it was a semifinal.
923
01:20:17,520 --> 01:20:18,920
I was more nervous.
924
01:20:20,160 --> 01:20:21,400
Because you think it’s in the palm
of your hand
925
01:20:22,440 --> 01:20:24,000
and it seems like they can take it away.
926
01:20:25,120 --> 01:20:27,600
During the first match it is not in the
palm of your hand, it’s the opposite,
927
01:20:27,760 --> 01:20:28,680
you have to go get it.
928
01:20:28,920 --> 01:20:30,520
But it’s just there, that’s all.
929
01:20:31,680 --> 01:20:34,360
And maybe because
of that you come out like:
930
01:20:34,440 --> 01:20:36,120
“Let’s see if we can reach it
before they do.”
931
01:20:36,760 --> 01:20:37,960
But when you already have it,
932
01:20:38,600 --> 01:20:39,920
you start thinking,
“What if they take it from me?”
933
01:20:54,880 --> 01:20:56,760
What I wanted was clear,
934
01:20:56,960 --> 01:21:00,720
if I scored or not,
is to get a positive result.
935
01:21:01,160 --> 01:21:03,880
Of course the attacker “lives’’
for scoring,
936
01:21:04,040 --> 01:21:08,360
and when the attacker scores
he gains more confidence,
937
01:21:09,160 --> 01:21:11,360
and it helps him in the future.
938
01:21:11,440 --> 01:21:14,760
And thank God that match
gave me more confidence
939
01:21:14,840 --> 01:21:17,840
in the upcoming games.
940
01:22:00,880 --> 01:22:06,080
It was decisive, it was the final result,
it showed we won the game
941
01:22:06,320 --> 01:22:11,240
and we won with a good score,
and we played very good.
942
01:22:11,680 --> 01:22:14,880
We showed the true essence of Olympiacos.
943
01:22:33,760 --> 01:22:36,120
I’ve seen many, many, many, many
944
01:22:36,480 --> 01:22:39,920
many matches of Olympiacos,
as a fan, as a member of the club.
945
01:22:40,760 --> 01:22:43,280
What I’ve seen
in the semi-final against Aston Villa,
946
01:22:43,360 --> 01:22:44,760
I’ve never seen this in my life.
947
01:22:45,360 --> 01:22:47,240
I saw thirty thousand people crying.
948
01:22:48,080 --> 01:22:51,600
The emotion,
I cannot describe it, really.
949
01:22:51,680 --> 01:22:54,080
It was something-- I was in shock.
950
01:22:54,720 --> 01:22:56,360
I was crying myself of course, but
951
01:22:56,600 --> 01:22:59,280
I was looking all around me,
seeing all generations,
952
01:22:59,360 --> 01:23:01,480
old people, young, crying.
953
01:23:17,080 --> 01:23:22,240
After the game, the Olympiacos players
applauded the Aston Villa fans,
954
01:23:22,440 --> 01:23:26,160
and the Aston Villa players
acknowledged the Olympiacos fans.
955
01:23:26,480 --> 01:23:29,600
Everyone was united,
it was something truly extraordinary.
956
01:23:29,680 --> 01:23:32,520
That day is something I will never forget.
957
01:23:43,760 --> 01:23:49,720
To be honest, we didn’t celebrate much,
just in our locker room, very simply.
958
01:23:50,360 --> 01:23:54,680
We were saying we haven’t achieved much,
we won the semi-finals,
959
01:23:54,760 --> 01:23:56,480
but the final still awaits.
960
01:23:56,840 --> 01:24:00,760
We are professional players
and we know our responsibilities.
961
01:24:01,200 --> 01:24:06,800
And we knew that any celebration
must come only with gaining the title,
962
01:24:06,880 --> 01:24:08,440
not before that.
963
01:24:26,560 --> 01:24:28,680
That’s when you really get nervous.
964
01:24:29,360 --> 01:24:33,880
But, okay, with the feeling
that we are about to play a final.
965
01:24:33,960 --> 01:24:37,320
Not as the favorites
but also not with any disadvantages.
966
01:24:37,400 --> 01:24:40,560
Just saying, “Each of us will go out
with a 50% chance.”
967
01:24:44,960 --> 01:24:49,400
I was trying to persuade myself that
we did it, that we are in the final.
968
01:24:50,680 --> 01:24:54,440
We were singing
from the stands, for years,
969
01:24:54,720 --> 01:24:57,120
“Please God, make a favour to me,
970
01:24:57,760 --> 01:24:59,760
I want to see Olympiacos
playing in a final.”
971
01:25:00,160 --> 01:25:04,000
Your dreams as a kid, is here,
you’re playing in a final.
972
01:25:04,720 --> 01:25:06,160
But, now we are here,
973
01:25:06,960 --> 01:25:09,240
maybe it would be better to win.
974
01:25:23,200 --> 01:25:28,480
The truth is that it was a morning
unlike any other
975
01:25:28,920 --> 01:25:33,240
because you wake up and say to yourself,
"It's time to play in a final."
976
01:25:36,560 --> 01:25:40,960
It was crazy.
People everywhere, on every corner.
977
01:25:50,200 --> 01:25:52,920
That night before the game,
they were already proud.
978
01:25:53,520 --> 01:25:56,880
You can see that they’re coming
from everywhere in Greece,
979
01:25:57,120 --> 01:25:59,200
from Australia, from Chicago,
980
01:25:59,280 --> 01:26:01,800
from everywhere around the world
they came to see the game.
981
01:26:02,120 --> 01:26:03,600
And this is Olympiacos.
982
01:26:09,600 --> 01:26:12,920
When we are talking about Olympiacos,
983
01:26:13,280 --> 01:26:15,600
it’s not my baby.
984
01:26:15,800 --> 01:26:17,600
Olympiacos belongs to everybody.
985
01:26:17,680 --> 01:26:18,880
It is our family.
986
01:26:21,480 --> 01:26:23,720
And you have this responsibility
for everybody.
987
01:26:36,840 --> 01:26:40,440
It was very emotional in the stadium,
to hear people
988
01:26:40,640 --> 01:26:45,920
saying how much they missed people that
couldn’t be with them at that time.
989
01:26:46,560 --> 01:26:49,400
Their fathers, their grandfathers,
990
01:26:49,800 --> 01:26:53,200
they said that this is
a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,
991
01:26:53,280 --> 01:26:57,760
and they wanted these people
to have experienced this with them.
992
01:26:59,480 --> 01:27:02,440
Please guys, give everything today,
because you cannot imagine.
993
01:27:02,520 --> 01:27:06,760
It is history for you and for the fans,
because this is AEK Stadium.
994
01:27:06,920 --> 01:27:10,240
If you celebrate here
the city will be crazy.
995
01:27:10,400 --> 01:27:11,560
All together guys,
996
01:27:11,920 --> 01:27:12,880
with the fans,
997
01:27:13,120 --> 01:27:15,920
we will play here all together and today.
998
01:27:16,000 --> 01:27:18,480
Please do it for me and for us
because you deserve it.
999
01:27:18,560 --> 01:27:19,600
You are an amazing group.
1000
01:27:27,840 --> 01:27:31,520
It was a terrifying feeling,
1001
01:27:31,600 --> 01:27:33,480
it was a weird feeling,
1002
01:27:33,840 --> 01:27:37,560
different from all the other matches
I have played before.
1003
01:27:38,080 --> 01:27:41,880
But if you know
how to manage your feelings
1004
01:27:41,960 --> 01:27:43,800
you can concentrate more during the match.
1005
01:27:49,200 --> 01:27:52,240
Ok guys, I’ll say only one more
thing we are family.
1006
01:27:52,360 --> 01:27:53,920
We are family, help each other.
1007
01:27:54,120 --> 01:27:56,040
Go to win the trophy all together.
1008
01:27:56,120 --> 01:27:59,840
One, two, three, Olympiacos!
1009
01:28:31,920 --> 01:28:35,560
During the final, the moments
didn’t have sixty seconds.
1010
01:28:36,040 --> 01:28:39,080
It was three hundred seconds
maybe, every moment.
1011
01:28:39,400 --> 01:28:40,360
At least for me.
1012
01:29:06,240 --> 01:29:08,480
I think during the first half they
were better than us.
1013
01:29:09,160 --> 01:29:11,720
But those matches are about competing.
1014
01:29:11,920 --> 01:29:15,520
It doesn’t mean the one
that plays better will win.
1015
01:29:24,920 --> 01:29:26,760
We had a lot of tension.
1016
01:29:27,240 --> 01:29:30,320
It really comes down to the details--
who is stronger,
1017
01:29:30,400 --> 01:29:31,640
who wants it more.
1018
01:29:31,880 --> 01:29:34,160
It’s determined by one-on-one battles.
1019
01:29:35,160 --> 01:29:38,080
It is a match we need
to be focused the entire time.
1020
01:29:38,400 --> 01:29:39,440
Running the whole time,
1021
01:29:39,520 --> 01:29:41,720
attentive to the things that are going
to happen in the match.
1022
01:29:41,800 --> 01:29:43,320
So that we do not make a mistake.
1023
01:30:11,760 --> 01:30:14,600
The crowd gave us an extra boost;
1024
01:30:14,720 --> 01:30:17,640
every time there was a confrontation,
they celebrated with us.
1025
01:30:23,000 --> 01:30:26,560
As a player, that kind
of support motivates you
1026
01:30:26,880 --> 01:30:31,160
to be stronger and more prepared.
1027
01:31:02,200 --> 01:31:04,480
Our fans were as stressed as I was.
1028
01:31:05,280 --> 01:31:09,080
It was not like how I was used
to seeing Olympiacos fans, you know,
1029
01:31:09,240 --> 01:31:13,040
the stadium vibrating and all that.
1030
01:31:13,240 --> 01:31:14,640
Everybody was like this.
1031
01:31:27,320 --> 01:31:31,960
During all moments of the final,
1032
01:31:32,080 --> 01:31:34,200
I never felt that we were going to lose.
1033
01:31:39,040 --> 01:31:40,040
Ok, I was stressed,
1034
01:31:40,960 --> 01:31:43,920
but it was a matter
of when we would score the goal.
1035
01:31:56,400 --> 01:31:59,880
It’s what I tell the players, right?
1036
01:32:00,480 --> 01:32:02,160
“When you get to a distance
where you can cross,
1037
01:32:02,800 --> 01:32:03,800
get the ball into the box,
1038
01:32:03,880 --> 01:32:06,160
because things happen in the box.”
I always tell them the same thing:
1039
01:32:06,240 --> 01:32:07,440
“Things happen in the box.”
1040
01:32:57,360 --> 01:33:02,720
To be honest as soon as I scored,
for a split second
1041
01:33:02,800 --> 01:33:07,360
I had an out-of-body experience;
I didn’t know what was happening.
1042
01:33:09,800 --> 01:33:10,800
What can I say?
1043
01:33:10,880 --> 01:33:15,880
Everything froze;
I don't remember hearing any sound.
1044
01:33:15,960 --> 01:33:17,680
I only remember seeing tearful,
1045
01:33:17,760 --> 01:33:22,760
happy faces and the crowd
jumping from the stands.
1046
01:33:22,960 --> 01:33:25,000
I’m telling you this now,
and I get chills;
1047
01:33:25,080 --> 01:33:28,760
it's something I don't know
if I've ever experienced.
1048
01:34:01,400 --> 01:34:04,600
It felt like forever;
I think it lasted about 10 minutes.
1049
01:34:04,960 --> 01:34:07,640
We were anxiously waiting
for the referee to signal the goal
1050
01:34:08,360 --> 01:34:13,000
because there were some moments
1051
01:34:13,080 --> 01:34:15,280
they were reviewing.
1052
01:34:23,280 --> 01:34:25,080
Nobody can erase that goal.
1053
01:34:25,160 --> 01:34:26,200
Neither VAR.
1054
01:34:29,200 --> 01:34:32,800
Because it’s a will from a country.
1055
01:34:33,280 --> 01:34:35,840
The energy was more than the game.
1056
01:34:36,480 --> 01:34:39,360
It’s the history of the fans,
the history of a club.
1057
01:34:39,480 --> 01:34:40,800
History of a century.
1058
01:34:43,200 --> 01:34:44,160
Can you imagine?
1059
01:34:44,360 --> 01:34:46,160
It’s impossible to erase that goal.
1060
01:35:02,760 --> 01:35:04,840
Those last five minutes felt
like an eternity.
1061
01:35:05,280 --> 01:35:09,680
We were all standing,
waiting for the game to end.
1062
01:35:18,480 --> 01:35:24,480
It was a unique occasion,
you could see people, our supporters,
1063
01:35:24,920 --> 01:35:27,320
singing, crying.
1064
01:35:27,400 --> 01:35:28,760
You know it was...
1065
01:35:29,880 --> 01:35:31,520
something that we’ll never forget.
1066
01:36:20,360 --> 01:36:23,400
It's difficult to describe;
it could be captured
1067
01:36:23,480 --> 01:36:26,120
by a great painter like Picasso
or a renowned poet
1068
01:36:26,520 --> 01:36:28,560
like Elytis or Seferis in their own way.
1069
01:36:28,840 --> 01:36:30,480
I find myself unable to articulate it;
1070
01:36:30,600 --> 01:36:34,680
it truly cannot be described--
it's something you simply live through.
1071
01:36:51,000 --> 01:36:52,200
The dream has been fulfilled.
1072
01:36:54,720 --> 01:36:57,240
When you win,
1073
01:36:58,040 --> 01:37:01,520
I think both the players,
the coach, myself,
1074
01:37:03,120 --> 01:37:04,840
our supporters even,
1075
01:37:05,080 --> 01:37:07,960
you feel tired,
because of all this pressure.
1076
01:37:11,880 --> 01:37:15,000
Today, all of Greece will celebrate;
1077
01:37:15,560 --> 01:37:20,400
it was something we owed to all Greeks,
1078
01:37:21,200 --> 01:37:25,640
to the kids who have passed away,
to my father above all,
1079
01:37:26,120 --> 01:37:30,720
to Savvas Theodoridis,
to Gate 7, to those kids.
1080
01:37:30,920 --> 01:37:34,040
The Cup will go to the
Municipal Theater.
1081
01:37:34,600 --> 01:37:38,680
It will go there and tomorrow to my father
and Savvas, they deserve it.
1082
01:37:41,440 --> 01:37:45,280
What you have enjoyed is all this journey,
a fantastic journey.
1083
01:37:46,800 --> 01:37:53,360
It’s something that will be
in a special place in our memories,
1084
01:37:53,640 --> 01:37:54,720
in our heart.
1085
01:37:55,680 --> 01:37:57,120
Unforgettable moments.
1086
01:38:30,040 --> 01:38:36,880
That night Greece saw some events
that have never happened before.
1087
01:38:38,360 --> 01:38:41,800
They estimated that nearly two million
people went on the streets.
1088
01:38:46,960 --> 01:38:47,880
Today...
1089
01:38:49,400 --> 01:38:53,240
this crazy dream of ours became a reality.
1090
01:38:57,440 --> 01:39:01,600
For our Olympiacos,
for our Piraeus, for our Greece.
1091
01:39:06,600 --> 01:39:09,400
This is something
that our supporters deserve.
1092
01:39:09,480 --> 01:39:11,880
And I think that it’s not only
for our supporters,
1093
01:39:11,960 --> 01:39:15,080
because if it’s a European title
1094
01:39:15,920 --> 01:39:20,720
it’s for all Greeks, for our country,
for our pride.
1095
01:39:26,800 --> 01:39:31,200
These are the occasions
that you never forget;
1096
01:39:32,160 --> 01:39:35,360
writing history with golden letters.
1097
01:39:36,080 --> 01:39:39,880
When the new generations watch it
1098
01:39:40,560 --> 01:39:43,000
and they see that this is possible,
1099
01:39:43,360 --> 01:39:47,480
I think that they are more
well prepared to repeat it.
1100
01:39:53,000 --> 01:39:56,720
I want to enjoy this night
1101
01:39:57,120 --> 01:40:00,080
especially with our numerous supporters,
1102
01:40:00,760 --> 01:40:04,280
our players, our great coach
1103
01:40:06,960 --> 01:40:08,240
and all of you.
1104
01:40:09,200 --> 01:40:11,720
All of you who gave us the strength
1105
01:40:13,240 --> 01:40:15,360
to keep on dreaming
1106
01:40:15,800 --> 01:40:18,200
and make our dreams come true.
1107
01:40:18,560 --> 01:40:19,920
Long live the Legend,
1108
01:40:20,200 --> 01:40:21,320
long live Piraeus,
1109
01:40:21,400 --> 01:40:23,560
long live Greece, may you all be well!
1110
01:41:02,960 --> 01:41:04,040
Good evening
1111
01:41:06,800 --> 01:41:10,680
This is the first one
but I hope it’s not the last one.
1112
01:41:13,360 --> 01:41:14,560
I’ve been a manager for 30 years.
1113
01:41:15,360 --> 01:41:18,560
I’m from a village of 3,000 people,
so I’m just another one.
1114
01:41:19,760 --> 01:41:21,720
But once you win the Europa League,
1115
01:41:21,800 --> 01:41:23,040
and now you also win
the Conference League,
1116
01:41:23,240 --> 01:41:24,320
you are no longer just another one.
1117
01:41:24,720 --> 01:41:25,960
Now the boys look at you... “Damn.”
1118
01:41:26,160 --> 01:41:27,640
As if to say, “Damn, that’s Mendilibar.”
1119
01:41:27,720 --> 01:41:30,600
When, just four days before,
when I’d walk by...
1120
01:41:30,880 --> 01:41:33,000
“Hello.” “Hello.” And that was it, right?
1121
01:41:46,960 --> 01:41:49,400
Of course a beautiful feeling,
1122
01:41:49,480 --> 01:41:53,280
to play in a European competition
1123
01:41:53,360 --> 01:41:56,200
and to be considered the best player.
1124
01:41:56,280 --> 01:41:58,320
It gives me great honor.
1125
01:41:59,040 --> 01:42:03,960
And show the world that the Arab
and African player can give the best,
1126
01:42:04,040 --> 01:42:05,680
in European competition.
1127
01:42:05,760 --> 01:42:10,800
We already see great examples of
Arab and African players
1128
01:42:10,880 --> 01:42:13,000
achieving a lot in European competition.
1129
01:42:13,280 --> 01:42:18,120
So it’s a great honor
and responsibility for all of us
1130
01:42:18,200 --> 01:42:21,160
to give the best and an honor also
to our Moroccan Kingdom.