Following the defeat against Olympiakos, Hernan Losada spoke at the post-match press conference about the team’s first defeat of the season, analysing its performance and the chances missed. The head coach highlighted the need to improve in every aspect of the game, while emphasising that the team has the best attack in the league and should be allowed to have an off day in front of goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, we have finally lost a game. However, I also want to be fair and acknowledge the effort the opposition put in to win this match. You have to accept both victory and defeat to understand that, in football, sometimes you can do absolutely everything and still lose a game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did not like the first half at all. In the second half, however, from the very first minutes, we started doing what we had prepared, planned and discussed during the week. I don’t know how many chances we need to create, from different situations, from corners and from long-range shots. I am genuinely disappointed with our finishing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can talk a lot about our defence. We need to defend better because we are conceding too many goals. Today, however, we mainly paid the price for the chances we missed and our lack of efficiency. We did not show the quality and composure needed to choose the right side of the goal, instead of simply hitting the ball hard without sufficient control. In several situations, players who needed to use their weaker foot also failed to make the right decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe win as a team and we lose as a team. I am not going to make a drama out of this defeat, nor am I going to look for serious excuses. We were missing some important players who bring quality to the team, but we move on to the next game.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have two weeks ahead of us, and I believe we will have many more players available for the next match. I wish some of them had been ready in time for this game, but unfortunately they were not. That is part of the job and part of football. Fortunately, we are not used to losing, but sooner or later a night like this was going to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the areas the team needs to work on going forward:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe can work on and improve every aspect of our game. Based on our efficiency tonight, the easy answer would be that we need to spend the next two weeks working on our finishing, which is something we have already been doing. In fact, on Thursday, we spent the entire day working on that aspect of our game.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes, though, you have days like today. We are talking about efficiency and finishing, but we have the best attack in the league. You have to allow me to accept that, as a team, we can have a bad day in attack. That is something that can happen in football.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a coach, I want us to improve in every aspect of the game. I am a perfectionist, and I believe we can get better at absolutely everything.\u201d<\/p>\n Press Office<\/strong> Following the defeat against Olympiakos, Hernan Losada spoke at the post-match press conference about the team’s first defeat of the season, analysing its performance and the chances missed. The head coach highlighted the need to improve in every aspect of the game, while emphasising that the team has the best attack in the league and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":115095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[163],"tags":[1201],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nApollon Limassol<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"