Pau Lopez (OM goalkeeper, beaten 1-0 by Panathinaikos in the third preliminary round of the Champions League): “Starting like that is hard. But we have to be realistic, there are 90 minutes left at the Vélodrome. We defended very well today, except on the action of the goal where they played well. But he missed something offensively. We didn’t have enough of the ball today. We made a few counterattacks but that’s not enough. On the other hand, I am happy with the way we defended. We must be calm. We all know that there are many things to improve. There is still time, there is the Vélodrome and if we win we can qualify. We have to stay calm and we will do things better.
We will work well on the return but we must also start Ligue 1 well (Saturday against Reims). It’s important to start winning. We lost a lot of points at the Vélodrome last season and we have to start well, with a victory, that’s important. There are no excuses. We are OM. We have to win every game. We changed coaches but that’s not an excuse. There are a lot of things to build but I don’t want to look for excuses. They played better, they won, but there is one game left. We think of winning on Saturday, then we will think of Panathinaikos.
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