Esteban Cambiasso
On the match against Anderlecht:
“The qualification was not determined only today, we played two legs. I believe that it’s impossible to qualify with one goal at this level.”
Do you believe that Olympiacos lost to a better club and were disqualified as a result?
“I don’t think that it matters right now whether they were better or not. They achieved the results they needed. They qualified and we must deal with this. We are disappointed and mostly on behalf of our fans. It doesn’t matter right now whether they were better or not.”
Was the defining point of the qualification the lost opportunities of Olympiacos in both instalments?
“I don’t believe that it’s one thing only that can determine the qualification of a club at this level. The certain thing is that, at this level, you need more than one goals. It’s really difficult to want to qualify with only one goal in two matches. Given this, it would have been better if we hadn’t conceded all these goals; we definitely should have made better use of the opportunities we had and scored more goals.”
Roberto
On the match against Anderlecht:
“I believe we did well on many levels tonight. We were very dynamic throughout the match. We knew how to handle difficult moments and we managed to turn around the result of the first leg in Brussels. But during the last minutes of extra time we were not as compact as we should have been.”
On the lost opportunities of Olympiacos and Anderlecht’s goalkeeper:
“The truth is that he did a really great job today. Our side created many opportunities and was very active in the front. But he managed to save many of them and this is why I congratulated him at the end of the game.”
On the European campaign of Olympiacos this year:
“Our UEFA Champions League campaign and our campaign in the UEFA Europa League were completely different. Despite the fact that we did not manage to qualify to the next round of the UEFA Champions League, we are really satisfied with our performance. We believe that our display was really good. In the UEFA Europa League, we believed in this qualification a lot, we were confident we could do it and we are very disappointed right now.”
Do you believe that the qualification was lost in the first match?
“No. I believe that the fact that today we had to equalise the score of the first leg and that during the match we were really good and we managed to hold and we were very threatening, proves the exact opposite.I believe that the qualification was lost in the last minutes of extra time when we really committed errors and did not manage to hold.”
