Pedro Martins spoke for the first time about his “divorce” from Olympiacos. The Portuguese coach was sent off the bench after a tough home defeat to Maccabi Haifa in the second qualifying round of the Champions League.

The 52-year-old coach has led Piraeus in 221 matches, with 143 wins, 41 draws and 37 losses in all competitions. The Portuguese coach left the Piraeus team after four years. He led Olympiacos to three championships and one Cup.

The Portuguese coach, left without a team, noted that it was hard for him when he left Piraeus. He also noted that he had to regroup and recuperate.

“There is a big difference between Greek and Portuguese football and it is worse in Greece than in Portugal. It’s a matter of football culture. As for the national teams, we want to offer beautiful football and show good games, knowing that there is no strategy and goal that players and coaches are usually used to,” Pedro Martins initially noted at the World Scout Congress. “held in Porto.

“It was difficult when I left. The moment I left it was important to recover, because after five or six years without a break, I needed to recover my strength, my football intensity,” the Portuguese said of his departure from Olympiacos.

The 52-year-old coach has ruled out a return to the bench. “I don’t think about going back to Portugal because it’s my country. I would like to be in a good project that matches my ambitions. I am a coach with proven ability and potential. I am a coach who likes the project, who has big ambitions at the moment and probably in Portugal they cannot be satisfied at the moment with big teams as they already have a coach and I will have to look elsewhere” he noted.