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She has a date with history National team of Greece welcoming her England in full OAKA. THE Ivan Jovanovich spoke about the big game on Thursday (14/11) and clarified that the 60,000 fans they will not go to the stadium to see the national team play for the draw. At the same time, he made it clear that the perfect game must be played for the blue and white team to win.
Ivan Jovanovic’s statements:
On the fact that the English will be under suspicion: “The truth is that to win in England we had to play a perfect game. If we want to win we have to play a perfect game again. England are a great team, the game might be more difficult. We have to show the same attitude as we did in the first game. Our performance must be very high to hope for a positive result.”
On the packed stadium: “I said before the match at Wembley that the atmosphere will be fantastic, but it’s up to the players, the same applies tomorrow. There will be many in the stands who will help us, but on the field it will be eleven against eleven and they will judge the match.”
If it’s a weakness that England don’t have a regular manager and will feature a lot of young players: “They’re a great team, they might have some absences but they’ve certainly got a huge pool of players. They are an excellent team and can easily cover their absences and win many things with new faces. We have no right to think that England can be at a lower level regardless of the absences they remain a very serious and strong opponent.”
On whether the crowd’s presence is a testament to the effort of the national team: “Sure, it’s positive for all of Greek football and it’s a message that the world loves football. When we have such good results, when we have such an effort from the players, it is no surprise that OAKA was full. It is the thirst and we want to keep the interest of the people in the next games, because we also have several young players. It works positively because the big teams that play in big games or in Europe can do it but they also showed their thirst for the National Team and we want to thank them and keep them warm for the next games in Greece as well as abroad, we had a strong presence in England as well”.
On being comfortable with two outcomes: “I want to be honest. People want to see a good performance from the team. The 60 thousand did not come to see the draw, which can happen. But we also cannot enter a full stadium and look for a draw. We’re going to need a big show. A draw can never be an initial goal. Neither I nor the players can accept a match where we will put a lot in our thinking to be good defensively and suffer. We will never go into such a game with such an opponent thinking about two results. We have to play another perfect game to beat England. Maybe in other games some intervals of the game will be enough, but not with England”.
The football players were represented by Fotis Ioannidis, who emphasized:
On the fact that the game is historic and on the extra pressure: “I think that the match itself has enough pressure. We are born to play games like this, to compete under pressure, it is our job and we will be absolutely ready to face England.”
On whether he can score again in front of 65,000 people: “I have said many times that the main goal when I play is for my team to win. If I manage to score it’s an extra way to help. I’m happy when I score and I hope I can do it tomorrow.”
On the mental preparation ahead of the match: “The need exists in every game. There is no greater pride than playing for the National Team. People showed from the first day that the tickets went on sale how much they will help us, it is very important for us. All together as a fist we will go and beat the game.”
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