Tsimikas: It has been an intense start
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00Good to see you. Did you have a nice break?
00:02Lovely to see you too. I had a very nice break, seven weeks. I don't remember the last time I had seven weeks myself, just to chill on the beach. It was a very good time.
00:16And now you're back, are you feeling refreshed and ready to go for another demanding season ahead?
00:21Yeah, always in the start of the season you feel fresh to do again what you did before, especially now with the new manager, new ideas. So yeah, I'm really looking forward to that.
00:34Seven weeks away from this place, but did you miss it? Did you miss the camaraderie among the lads?
00:39Yeah, I miss everything here. The routine you have every morning, you wake up, come here, you see a familiar face and train hard. I think that's most of the things I missed.
00:52But, OK, it's good to go to change a little bit, images, you know, when you go on vacations, have a great time with the family and enjoy yourself out of football.
01:06How have the first few days been under the new head coach, Ani Slot?
01:10Yeah, it was very good, quite intense, I think. I think all the boys give every day the best possible. He has very, very good ideas, in my opinion, and we work really hard to try to understand the way he wants us to play.
01:30So, yeah, really looking forward, after many, many trainings with him, to see how the team reacts in the game and what we can do.
01:40What kind of messages has he been saying to you and the squad?
01:44To play nice football, to create triangles when I want to play, and especially to make small steps, small movements to take the ball in the right feet and go from there.
01:58I think we didn't work like many, many days, but I think that's the main message he gave us in these four days we've been here.
02:11You mentioned it was quite intense. Can you feel yourself getting sharper now because you're doing more sessions?
02:18No, I think this day by day, session by session, it's going to come, all the rhythm. I think it's quite early, the legs are a little bit tired now.
02:31But during the session, I think everybody is very, very focused, very hungry to learn, to train hard, and I think we have many, many times to rest after the night.
02:49And just finally, are you excited to get going for the new season? Because it'll be around here very quickly, I'm sure.
02:54Yeah, you know, always the pre-season finishes very quick. I'm really looking forward, I miss this feeling, playing in front of our fans.
03:02I think all the people, all the red people missed this feeling, to see the team at Anfield, and I'm buzzing to see us again in Anfield and win the Games.