The president of Ethnikos Achnas, Kikis Filippou was "fire and rage" for what happened in the Cypriot refereeing and stressed that he can say a lot regarding this part. He also spoke about the match that his team gave against AEK and the new coach.
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"I take responsibility, we brought a coach, who basically did four training sessions. He does not know the players and their names very well, he saw them from the videos, which we have given him. Some people come out and shout and think that in Cyprus others do not have a mouth. "I become very athyrostomic, if I start saying something about arbitration issues as well", Filippou initially stated on Super Sport FM.
"It became 2-2 at 82 ′ (s.s. with a poorly charged penalty in favor of Hefel) and then what happens is done. Well, does not the psychology of your footballers change? That for eight games (s.s. let it be implied that his team was wronged)… and I do not shout, because there is respect for everyone ", added and continued:
"I closed my mouth, I sewed it, I do not speak, but I tell you I am ready to open it and, if I do, I will be very athyrostomic. Nobody says anything about the National Achnas. Do you know what happens in the last eight games? Is there psychology left in the footballers? AEK played good football, but the one who plays better does not always win. Our coach forced a change one by one, the striker, Markowski. It is a pity what is happening, we have to give time, I made a mistake that I did not keep a "magician" since Christmas and solve the problem… "
In general, for Cypriot football and the KOP, he replied: “There is a serious problem and we were not asked what should be done. What the Federation will do, which is responsible, is an issue that should concern them and take it seriously. They are games that have distorted results. With the alteration of a game, some teams can win a championship or others can be ranked. Things are very serious. We experienced it as a National and I can prove it. I do not know what is happening this year. I kept my mouth shut, but this situation can not continue and I am not talking about the day before yesterday's match. I speak because some people come out today and protest because they were wronged, but together with Ethnikos these teams were favored. We, the actors, must sit down and look at the problem and have a say.
I am not saying that the Federation is not trying, the KOP has allocated a few million for arbitration in recent years and the result is what we see. If we want to be right we have to admit that we "fell out" and that we made mistakes and did not correct them… Let us all sit down and all take our responsibilities. We cannot place the blame on one person, whether he is the president or the director of the Federation. Some things need to be said, which we are afraid to say, if we want to rectify the situation. We know the factors between us these things. We like to be helped a lot, but when we are wronged we shout. That's how we got to this place. "Several things have to be said and everyone has to take their place."