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This season is my strongest: Ozil
London: Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil believes he is presently enjoying the best run-of-form of his career and feels confident of their Champions League tie against Greek football club Olympiakos in Athens on Wednesday.
The Premier League side have to win the contest by a margin of two goals or a 4-3 scoreline if they want to enter the knockouts. But it will be a tough battle as manager Arsene Wenger will be without key players.
“This season is the strongest season I have ever played. I am in a good way, playing really well. I believe in myself,” Ozil was quoted as saying by Daily Mirror on Saturday.
The German struggled to cope with the high tempo of English football in his first two seasons at the Emirates Stadium but now has finally found his feet.
“It will be very hard,” said the 2014 World Cup winner as he reflected on the stunning 3-2 win Olympiakos registered here in September.
“Olympiakos can play good football. We saw that in the first match. They want to play on the counterattack but we can’t concede goals like we did again. The fans will be right behind them and our goal is to beat them. It is achievable to go there and win by two goals. We really have to give everything so that we can achieve this and get through to the next round.”
The 27-year-old added that they were not thinking about elimination.
“We are not looking at that. We have the quality to beat them and our goal is not to even think about going out of the competition,” he said.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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