Demi Nikolaidis gets emotional over refereeing, factors and team announcements

Like every Monday, Demis Nikolaidis analyzed what happened in the first round of the qualifiers and referred to the referee who is in Greece and specifically in the AEK – Panathinaikos derby, confirming that Dabanovic made more wrong decisions than the right ones and if he was Greek. The verdict is that he will not whistle again.

The veteran international striker said that all teams should take advantage of this year’s tournament, which is considered the best in recent years, before next year.

He said first:

“I went to a sports website and the first four stories had pictures of the team’s chiefs, they are neither coaches nor players.”

He continued on arbitration in Greece:

“There is a doubt and this comes from the past. We all talk about we want better refereeing but we didn’t sit down to find a way. I hope they sit in these 15 days. We need better refereeing, that’s data I saw after the derby (p. (AEK – Panathinaikos). The important thing is is to find a way to make it happen.”

To complete:

“From a football point of view, the tournament is traumatic and as time goes on, the trauma increases. If you ask me who will win the tournament? I don’t know what to tell you. I don’t have an answer. We should benefit from this tournament.”

We have Olympiacos in a continuous streak and contender for the championship, which his world could not believe.

The PAOK game that is being built, puts new players on the team, and next year it will be even better.

AEK who has a coach who took over this year has laid solid foundations and will be even better next year.

A Panathinaikos team that has seen amazing improvement since last year with Jovanovic and will be even better next year.

If all goes well next year, the league will be more competitive. What can disrupt it is any fight other than the one that takes place on the field.”

Regarding Dabanovic’s refereeing at AEK – Panathinaikos:

“If he had been a Greek referee and played like that he would not have played again, he would have been written off the boards. If we bring a foreign judgment, we bring it to remove doubts but also to be good. Maybe the decisions he made in the match, more mistakes than mistakes.”

Demis Nikolaidis concluded with a more general comment about refereeing, saying:

“Pay more and get the best if we can. We do this to save time and train our people. All the big teams have been whistled, all of them, in matches against smaller teams. All whistles for the big teams.”