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Metaxas: “We have a small roster, we are looking for a striker”

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THE PAS Giannina will welcome him Fearless (16/1) for the 18th game of the Super League. THE Iraklis Metaxas spoke in view of the match and referred to the team’s transfers and the match issues.

Details of what Iraklis Metaxas said in the press conference:

What about the team’s absences after a period of many surprises: “Even today I do not know. As I have said before, one issue is when some players will be quarantined, but the other issue has to do with when they can play. We do not want to risk anything there. “We are talking to the doctors and the children and we will decide at the last minute.”

For those who are definitely absent: “Economopoulos, Conte, Piersman, Siontis, Lodigin. We will see the others “.

On whether PAS Giannina is going through a period of insurmountable problems and whether it must achieve miracles to cope with all these absences: “The stage we are going through is that we have an opponent that we do not know is waiting for us. They have changed coach, they have a month to play and there are players who will be missing due to covid or who will return from covid. It is the first time that as a coach I am not ready to say that I know what awaits me. This makes it difficult for us. And that’s why we only focus on our own team. We showed the good, but also the mistakes from the last game with OFI. This is what we tried to improve this week. It does not help our job when every day you have to change the shape, because one day we have 15 players in training, the other 13 players, or we have some who can not yet be 100%. We try every day and wait for the next game every time. The rest will be shown by the course “.

On whether Piersman’s transfer is taken for granted: “Pirsman is currently a PAS Giannina player, he is just sick and will not be with us on Sunday. The rest is not my business. ”

When informed about cases such as Milinceanu and Pirsman: “We have been discussing all the issues since the beginning of the year, but most of all my issue is when we go out on the grass and see who I have available. Now with the sick we had I could not count. For me, whether they are sick or receiving a transcript, the bottom line is that I can not have them. I work with those who are on the field. “But we are discussing all issues, there is simply nothing we can say now.”

Whether he has made suggestions for players: “These discussions take place all year round. We see players, we watch matches on TV, we go online, there are contacts with managers. We do not deal with transfers only at this time. I’m of the opinion that if you want to get someone in the summer, you have to make the contacts from now on, have seen him and do the thoughts, because at the last minute another 10 will have gone to talk to a player. You are writing them now, but our job is to keep us busy all year round. “

To update the health protocol and whether he would be in favor of terminating the championship: “I do not want to comment on that. I said what I had to say. I am not an expert. I wanted to explain the problems we have, so that they can put them in their thoughts when they decide. They made these decisions that they made and we will see what happens next “.



On whether it is a matter of roster depth whether the matches should take place:
“We are talking about health, that is what I said then, that is what I am saying now and everything else is secondary.”

For the fact that in the EPO there are thoughts to hire a Greek coach for the National Team and his name is in the thoughts of the people of the Federation: “I am the coach of PAS Giannina and my mind is 100% on how we will play with Atromitos and how we will get the 3 points.”

On whether he would be interested in the prospect of the National, even in the distant future: “I have said once again that I have gotten away from these plans and plans. I want to work where I am and give it my all. And I pass this message on to the players, I do not say it only for myself. The message is’ work where you are now and do not think about the aftermath. If you work well now, then the future will always be good ‘. If a player now says he wants to go to Augsburg, why not want to go to Barcelona even better? Work where you are and depending on your value the next step will come. This is my philosophy and I try to convey this to the players as well “.

On whether he has decided if he is a target in the playoffs or sees things still game by game: “Why change something? That is, before I had no goals why was I afraid? I have told you before. Did I not aim because I did not want to reduce the value? Because in the beginning you talked about whether we will stay or fall from the 4th game. We had such scenarios in the beginning. If I had aimed to stay, we might not have had those points in the league. With each victory the goals go up and that is self-evident. But we are not talking about goals yet, we are talking about what moves should be made in the field, how we will close better spaces, which OFI, for example, entered, but did not score because we had some good data. “I can influence these and everything else will come.”

On whether the transfer of the Dutch striker has broken down and whether the team will proceed with a transfer: “I will not talk about names. We let a child go (s.s. Milinceanou) and I think we have to close this hole. We are looking at the market for a transfer for sure “.

On who will be replaced whoever leaves: “As a rule, no, it is not necessary, but because we have a small roster, we can not let many people leave without someone coming. It may be from K19 that he will come. The children make a fantastic progress and we see these children too. I do not know, but a number of players in order for our training to work out, especially now with the cases, we have to keep it standard, because we have a small roster. Another team can let three players go and no one is needed. “If we lose three, it will be a lot for us.”

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