Below follow word by Olympiacos head Mr Evangelos Marinakis after qualifying over Arsenal.
Details of what he said to Cosmote TV:
“We do not stop dreaming. We earned a qualifying huge in this amazing stadium. We had the time of a lifetime. As I have already said Olympiacos are a major European club. Tonight, our players unfolded their qualities; we have said that we are here to enjoy the match and, early enough before kick-off, we had a chat with the coach and I told them “you will win tonight”. It was evident that they have all had faith in winning and they did it. I want to congratulate them! This was a glorious victory together with our 6,000 fans. It was a dream-bight for all of us. May the Lord help us witness many more nights of the sort in the future.
It was a night of vindication for everyone: the club’s management, coaching staff, players and millions of fans supporting us either at Karaiskakis or in away matches both in Greece and aboard. We owed them such a night, we owed that to ourselves and we are truly happy. We want to continue, because we never stop dreaming!
Olympiacos played against some very tough outfits this year in the qualifying rounds and the Champions League group stage. Now, we all believe it, we can all see it that Olympiacos is a top European club“.
