‘We made gifts in the first two goals, Greece will clear the first place’
Nikos Kostenoglou appeared disappointed by the bad first 20 minutes against Greece and the failure of Cyprus to score in the matches, while he expressed the opinion that Poget’s team will take the first place in the group.
The national team of Cyprus traveled to Panthessaliko with good psychology, having taken the first point in the Nations League with 0-0 against Northern Ireland, but against Greece it could not show resistance, as a result of which it lost 3-0 and remained in the last position. of the group.
In fact, the fact that he did not manage to complicate the work of Gustavo Poget was something that was shown to Nikos Kostenoglou, as was evident from the statements he made on Nova’s camera.
“We aimed to follow our plan but in the first 20 minutes we received two players with gifts and so everything was turned upside down.
At the end of the first half we had the classic opportunity to score a goal that we are entitled to to have psychology but we did not find.
Unfortunately we conceded a third goal and the match was practically over. We must now leave this match as we have the one with Northern Ireland ahead of us.
“It is the fourth match in two weeks that is difficult for all teams and we must concentrate.” stressed the coach of Cyprus, who when asked about how he saw the National Team of Greece, said:
“Ethniki got the victory fair, I believe that they will win the match with Kosovo and will be the leader of the group, clearing the qualification.”