Wrong – and in fact strategic– characterized the goals set for this year PAOK by Razvan Lucescu. At the press conference in view of the match with Lincoln, the Romanian reiterated that he should not create expectations for winning the championship and that this finally created pressure in the team.
Although he acknowledged that everything looks black at this stage, expressed the belief that the “biceps of the North” can reverse the situation, starting with the match with the Gibraltar team (which noted that can change the season).
Detailed what Lucescu said
For the competitive crisis of PAOK and its own responsibility: “I know it is a difficult period for us and unfortunately we did not have the ability to work on the details that would make us better. The previous team was made without Europe in between and we try to compare it with a team that is six months old.
It was my mistake in my first press conference that I said we would win the championship. I put a lot of pressure on the team, but what I wanted to do was build confidence, but unfortunately it turned out to be a strategic mistake. Why do you think that the first part of the season, despite the ups and downs, we had some good results?
Because we came from the excitement of the summer, because the team had the opportunity to work well. In the process, the program changed, there were injuries, covid and training began to become less and this deprived us of some of our mental energy. “I knew very well that we had two difficult weeks, but a game like tomorrow has the potential to change the situation and make everything better afterwards.”
About how the next days were after the match with Ionikos and the injuries: “The climate may not be good, but as football people we have to adapt to these situations, we know we have a goal ahead of us which is qualification, it is a different event tomorrow and we are ready. There are no particular problems in the medical part, apart from Vierinias and Mitritsas. “Douglas is not ready to start and of course the players who are off the list, who are medically ready and we will count on them for the next game, also enter the conversation.”
For the “final” with Lincoln and whether there will be a better image of PAOK: “We know that tomorrow’s match is very important, because it is one of the games that can change your season. I think we have played good games so far, there was just a lack of balance. We have to react because we know we have three months ahead of us with three events. “We have all had discussions together as a group and we want to change our image.”
For the changes he is preparing: “I understand that the situation is frustrating for everyone, I have said my point of view and what I think every day. We have 23 players along with the goalkeepers and 2-3 of them have not played for more than one game. The only one who has played a game is Ingason who comes from injury and we have a special management program. The same applies to tomorrow in relation to the previous game, there may be 3-4 changes “.
For what he expects to see from his players in the match against Lincoln: “Passion and intensity! It makes sense for you to see everything black, but not everything is black. I think the problem is different, it is not a bad team. In football you can have a bad period that can put you in a difficult position, just as a good period can put you in a good position, they do not make you the dumbest or the smartest or the worst footballer and coach of the world. Objectively if you see it, we know what is happening, now is the time to fight, we know that we have the chance to move on to the next phase. We knew that we are participating in two tournaments so far, from which we managed to pass in at least one and that can give us energy to return to the championship, because it has a duration and we must return to the victories “.
For what he would say to the world of PAOK for the next day: “Unfortunately, what you said (that we are going to the final) we did not do, I have not done so far, that was my big mistake and that is what I am paying at the moment. My strong point is the work, it helped me to create teams with a mentality. It’s something I do not like to say, but it is the reality.
I did not have the time to work as I want with the team. In some parts, such as watching football, the team and I have a different philosophy and we did not have time to work on that. Beyond that, this is a new day for me. People may like the idea that we are going to build a new team, but we need to know what we are going to build, how and with whom, this is not the time to have this discussion. “We have an important game tomorrow to move to Europe and then we will discuss everything.”
For the suspensive operation of PAOK: “If we play with three in defense it will be like stepping back and the team that wants to win titles and dominate the field, can not do that. It may bring a good result, but I think it is not what we want to do and in such a case, I would rather leave than change my ideas about football. “For me as a coach it is a shame to concede these goals.”
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