‘We were upset by the defeat to England, I am optimistic that in the end we will achieve our goal’

In detail what Dimitris Kourbelis said at the press conference:

For team psychology: “It was a game that blew us away at the end of the day, as it came from what we expected of ourselves. We don’t have the time or the luxury to deal with it. We have another very important match that we want to win and that’s why we came here“.

On possibly ending up with England tied at the end: “This is difficult because in all the games we showed our character, played very good football and got results. The truth is that if we were told in advance that we would be fighting for the first against this superpower we would have been happy. However, we are disappointed with how things turned out“.

Regarding the fact that the National Team has already achieved things in view of the continuation: “There are certainly many gains to be made from this route. From how we dealt with England in both matches. It will help our mentality and we will have to go the extra mile against big teams.”.

On the fact that he has a lot of experience from the National Team and if he is optimistic about the future: “I am optimistic that at the end of the day we will be able to achieve our goal. Jovanovic gives the player the optimism he needs to look every opponent in the face. We now have more talent than in previous years and we will be able to achieve our goal“.