After Thursday’s encounter, Giorgos Tzavellas dedicated the qualification to Panagiotis Pikilidis, whose untimely death has left a scar in the team:

“I wish to dedicate this qualification to someone who is no longer around, Panagiotis Pikilidis. He stood by us, he protected us, he was a member of the team. If he can see us from above, I hope we are making him happy”.

Regarding the match, the “Double-Headed Eagle” defender said: “We faced a team weaker than us and it was a win or win situation, in order to make up for the defeat at Moldova. We did the obvious thing and now we must focus on emerging victorious out of our game against Platanias at Chania”.