Here is what the Greek coach said after the completion of the regular season.<\/p>\n
His initial statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n «We came here to win, despite our many injury setbacks. For 60-65 minutes we were the better team, although football was scarce towards the end of the match. Congratulations to Panionios, Super League needs them. They are a big club, such as AEK or Iraklis, also needed in top flight. We went after the victory as it would benefit us. We are worried with the accumulated injuries and we will assess the situation in order to plan for the play-offs. «.<\/p>\n About the last minutes of the encounter:<\/strong><\/p>\n «Panionios did everything they could in order to remain in the Super League, including destroying the game. We had many problems, we also introduced guys from the academy and couldn\u2019t win».<\/p>\n About the changes he must make ahead of the play-offs:<\/strong><\/p>\n «We had a tough season with ups and downs. I can\u2019t say much. Apart from a play by Giannou, initiated after our own error, we weren\u2019t threatened today by Panionios who usually have a very dangerous counterattacking game. We keep excelling in defence and don\u2019t concede goals, not even spaces to our rivals. But we must become more effective in the rival area and score more».<\/p>\n About the recent spree of injuries:<\/strong><\/p>\n «Unbelievable things happened during Friday\u2019s session. In just ten minutes, four players walked out of training with injury. We need all our players, they are all necessary in the mini league of play-offs. We will do our best.».<\/p>\n About Noboa\u2019s participation in the play-offs:<\/strong><\/p>\n «Noboa will definitely be there for three matches, maybe even four. We will give it all we\u2019ve got and we hope that our fans will be on our side to support us as they know and have been doing all these years. It\u2019s all we ask them for».<\/p>\n About Maduro and Salpingidis:<\/strong><\/p>\n «I was expecting Salpingidis to be ready by now, but he still hasn\u2019t joined trainings. There is also an issue with Maduro\u2019s hand, as he isn\u2019t 100% fit yet. I believe he will be able to help us».<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Giorgos Georgiadis\u2019s quotes in the press conference right after the encounter against Panionios at Nea Smyrni.","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":187145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1520,5],"tags":[2388,2430,8989,2386,4378,3353,2376,2376,2386,2388,2430,3353,3354,4573,4573,4574,4575],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n