Weiss: “PAOK is the favorite”

Realism or an attempt to disorient the opponent? Anyway, her coach Slovan, Vladimir Weiss, “Granted” to PAOK the title of favorite for Thursday’s match for Conference League. At the same time, he revealed that he does not count on Yamba Kangawa! In detail, he spoke at the press conference:

For what he expects from the match with PAOK: “We hope to play well and get the victory. The favorite for the match is clearly PAOK. We will do our best to get the three-pointer that will keep us alive for the qualification. We have to give everything on the field and be focused from the first minute “.

For his experience in other games with Greek teams and in Europe in general: “We have to do something more than PAOK. It is necessary for the players to serve the plan and we have the opportunity after Artmedia who did it 16 years ago to go to the knockout phase of the tournament. We have good psychology but we know that it is a difficult game against a very good team “.

For the absences he faces in view of the match with PAOK: “The only thing we will miss is Kangawa. He has to go to a funeral in his homeland. “He is an important absence for us but we have players to replace him on the pitch.”

For the measures taken by the government and the fact that the match will take place without people: “Unfortunately, these measures have been taken, but health is paramount. I have not been able to coach the team yet in a full stadium since the day I took over. “The most important thing is everyone’s health, however, and we must adapt to all conditions.”

On how he has prepared the team for a match without people: “I hope my players are disciplined. It would definitely be better for us to play in a full stadium, but we should also be focused and faithful to our tactics “.

For the fact that PAOK is a favorite and what are its strengths: “He is very good in set-up and excellent in attack. We have to be good defenders to stop them, the whole team has to defend well to neutralize them and play our game “.

For the fact that a team from Slovakia has been doing well in Europe for several years: “Memories are beautiful but we can not live with the past. The most important is the present and the future. I achieved it with Artmedia 16 years ago but now we have an opportunity with Slovan to do something good and I hope we can do it “.

Slovan’s footballers were represented by Yuri Medvedev. «We have had a very good winning streak in the last few games and we are in good shape. It is a pity that it will be such an important match with so few people. But we have to get used to it and play as best we can. We have to learn to play in such conditions as well“, He stressed and added:”The three games with PAOK do not count. They belong to the past, the present matters. We will do our best to win the match and continue in Europe. It does not matter what happened in the previous games with PAOK, only now it counts and the victory is very important for us. We had a good preparation, we come from a victory and for the climate it is great in the locker rooms».

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