His strong protests about Tasos Papapetrou’s refereeing in draw derby with Aris in Toumba for the 4th matchday of the Stoiximan Super League, he expressed at the press conference Razvan Lucescu.
The Romanian coach of PAOK emphasized that referee came down to end the match 0-0however stating that he is satisfied with the effort of his players.
What Razvan Lucescu said in detail:
On what didn’t go well in the match and PAOK didn’t win: “I’ve been here eight years, I’m not dumb. I understand what’s going on. This referee came here to end the match 0-0, it is clear. We must not leave out arbitration. Aris has his own quality, he came with an intention to defend and these matches are decided by a moment. If the red came out, Aris would play with one less player for 30 minutes and against us who have a way of playing inside Toumba.
We lacked possession of the ball around the opponent’s area. We had a great control of the match, in the last 20 meters we did not have good options at the end of the phases. We didn’t have the confidence to make the right decisions. On the other hand, I am satisfied with the pressure we applied, but we are a completely different team. We will be even better with Despodov, Meite who is starting to adapt. We pushed him to put Meite in immediately, I want to see this team in two months, with the addition of all the players we have on the roster. With the way we played and the pace we had, we had our phases, like that phase with Živkovic in the 98th minute when no foul was given on the line. I’m disappointed with the result, but satisfied with the effort of the boys, especially at the level of pressing.”
On the fact that PAOK did not make a clear phase for the second match in a row and why it is in a hurry to put the new players in the team so quickly: “Because we want to be better, to improve, we have another match on Thursday, there is enough ahead of us. We are forced to use them. We didn’t have the time to put the players in at the right time. The coach has to think about the strategy and I have to think about different parameters. I tell you that I am in a good mood, I feel like after the match with Beitar, because I see things that give me hope from within the team. We have improved as a team and through these conditions today with the referee we controlled the game. In another phase we would have lost our temper, but today we controlled the match. I feel this team can do something good.
An important part for the lack of phases is the regular position of Konstantelias who plays as a ten, will come several times on the flanks and will not get a good connection with the striker. Aris defended low, when the balls passed the players from the second line were not where they should be. We lacked a clean decision in both the last two matches. We had a lot of finishes today but the ball should go into the net and you never know what can happen like in the disallowed goal phase. We should have had a better transition in attack in the last two games, but this intensity will help us and we will still have room to improve. We have to take advantage of the opportunities that are given to us and finish the phases, even in the second phases.”
On how satisfied he is with the adaptation of Samata and Ozdoev and why Sastre or Lyratzis, who played more last year, are not in the plans: “It is not easy for both of them to adapt. Every player deals with it differently. In any case Ozdoev saw today a significant improvement, Samata we have to think that he had a complicated summer and only the second time he played the main. It is not an easy thing to adapt and today he did not get help from the second line. The game was difficult and not helped, while Ozdoev showed that he can offer things in many areas.
They are some decisions we have made because of injuries and because of what we see in training, so I decided by seeing some things that happened last year. Some are not so ready to be with us. Time will tell what can happen. Every game is different and it will take everyone to play, we must have a freshness. We have eliminated that last year we were conceding… stupid goals. Some players are more ready, some more behind, but the important thing is to have options”.
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Source: Sport Fm
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