“We can be even better” – Mendilibar confident in Olympiacos despite Arsenal loss

Olympiacos manager Jose Luis Mendilibar has expressed implicit content successful his team to permission a strong content successful the Champions League aft their valiant show against Arsenal that came successful vain.

The Piraeus giants enactment up a combat but they ultimately fell victim to the English giants’ prime arsenic they fell 2-0 successful London connected Thursday nighttime successful the competition’s 2nd matchday, leaving the Greek nine connected 1 constituent earned from their archetypal two clashes.

Despite losing, Mendilibar lone had affirmative things to accidental some astir his ain broadside arsenic well arsenic his opponents, who helium described arsenic “one of the champion teams” successful the world.

“The effect is owed to the information that they are a very bully team, a amended team. Our crippled was respectable, we fought and showed that we tin look them successful the eye,” the Olympiacos manager said to media post-match.

“We were very good, though I judge we tin beryllium adjacent amended and marque it adjacent much hard for teams of this level.”

Mendilibar noted that their effort against Arsenal demonstrates they will not shy distant from the further challenges successful store, with their wide target still being to beforehand to the knockout rounds.

“I judge that since we showed that we tin look our opponents successful the eye, we surely person different large opponents to face, we person galore games up of us to amusement what we tin do.”

Olympiacos has a fewer weeks to hole earlier their adjacent European assignment, travelling distant to take connected Spanish heavyweights FC Barcelona, and Konstantinos Tzolakis has already made their intentions clear.

“We’re going to Barcelona to bash something big,” the keeper told media post-match.

“We cognize the prime of Barcelona, but we will combat for the champion imaginable result.”