Intro:

Olympiacos midfielder Ibraham Afellay and head coach Michel look ahead to their Champions League Group A match at Atletico Madrid.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English) Ibrahim Afellay, Olympiacos midfielder:
"I think the most important thing for us is to play the game like we have played the previous games before in Champions League. I think if we play with the same education and the same spirit like we played at home then we can get a very good result here."

SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Michel, Olympiacos coach:
"We are having a magnificent competition and yet sometimes it's not enough. We played really well against Juve (Juventus) and we lost (3-2 in Turin, November 4th) but I can be nothing but grateful to my players. I am aware that playing at the level we played in Athens (the 3-2 win over Atletico on September 16th), with the same efficiency, might be very difficult but that's what we keep doing and after every match we realise we are on the right path."

SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Michel, Olympiacos coach:
"I don't want to talk any longer about all the merits (Atletico coach Diego) Simeone has done as the Atletico Madrid coach. His statistics are unquestionable. Right now, Atletico Madrid are an unwanted rival for every team. They're great, and the fact that they are competing against Sevilla and Valencia in the Spanish Liga is only because Barcelona and (Real) Madrid are at a different level than last year. Atletico Madrid is a reliable team, a very hard team."