Tzavellas: “I wanted to score, I wasn’t going to celebrate”

Giorgos Tzavellas referred to the goal he scored in the derby against AEK and did not count, while he dedicated the victory over PAOK to Paolo Fernandes.

In detail, what he said to the Nova camera:

For the game: “A lot of emotions, especially for me. And from this season and from my time here. We played the football we can. We looked PAOK in the eye in a difficult venue, a very good team. We struggled a bit lately but we have shown that we are very strong first mentally and we managed to get a big win. There is a difficult continuity, we will return to where we were and where we want to go”

For AEK’s system in the match: “Every game is a different approach. PAOK plays a high defense, we also tried with some balls, we also received pressure. We stuck together, withstood the pressure, played good football and got a huge win at a very important point.

For the goal he scored, which was disallowed for offside: It’s a tough season for me, it’s hard to sit out with such a stupid injury and then sit on the bench for so long for the good of the team. I’m not used to that. It’s difficult, I’m glad I helped the team and put a stone in this victory. I wanted to score the goal today to win, but I certainly wouldn’t celebrate it.”

In closing he said: “We want to dedicate this victory to Fernandes who has a health problem and is not with us here.”