After Ioannina and Agrinio, o Panathinaikos left with the “double” and the wide 4-1 and against the Starremaining… train in the province, thanks to two goals from the bench Fotis Ioannidis!
After the match, Ivan Jovanovich spoke at the press conference about the satisfactory performance of his players, the… all-rounder Willian Araothe problems with the stoppers due to injuries but also the children from the Academies.
In detail what he said:
On the bad performance of Panathinaikos in Tripoli: “Coaches generally don’t look at traditions, but the truth is that we didn’t have a good tradition because Asteras is a very serious team. I’m glad this streak is over, the game for us was important after the defeat against AEK and with the difficult games ahead, it was crucial not to fall behind in the standings. We also had to make some changes, it was important for us to make them efficient and to win the game in order to have a better preparation for the rest.”
On the 9 changes and the fact that the performance despite them was excellent: “I’m very satisfied with the way my players thought, the way they entered the game and the way they reacted when things didn’t go well. Asteras was dangerous, we had to keep our cool. We needed contact with the ball and an organized game to create phases, but also not to give Asteras room to hit on the counterattacks. For a while, control was lost and Asteras was dangerous. I had no doubt that we could win the game with the changes. The players entered seriously with respect towards our team and the opponent, I am satisfied with the picture and we were quite good”.
On Arao and the prospect of playing stopper: “Arao was our last transfer. The problem with transfers that come a little later is that they don’t easily know how to play. He is serious and has the ability to play as a holding midfielder, he reads the game and is intelligent, so maybe he can help us in the stopper position as well. We are very satisfied with Arao’s performance in both positions.”
On whether it is in the plan to promote children from the Academies due to the injuries in the center of defense: “We have two or three guys in that position, like Prodromitis and Fikai, who play in the second team and have good prospects as footballers. There are others, Pitsotis, Katris, who play either in the second team or in the K19. As Panathinaikos we will certainly try as much as we can to help these children, but you understand that it is not so easy based on the importance of the games in front of us. We are satisfied with the progress they are showing and it is in our plans that some of them will soon be with us much longer because they have quality and attitude”.
Source: Sport Fm
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