His own comment on the match between PAOK and Panathinaikos, the victory of Olympiakos, and the upcoming “eternal” derby he made on the broadcast of the channels Novasports‘Monday FC’, which also airs on Action24did o Demis Nikolaidis.
The veteran ace spoke a lot about the big victory of the “two-header of the north” and the way it came, he commented on the management of Lucescu and Terim, while he stood in the adaptation of Tasos Bakaseta which he described as “impressive”.
In addition, the Demis Nikolaidishe also referred to Sunday’s upcoming derby between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos at Leoforo, expressing the opinion that he is not expecting an impressive match.
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Regarding Sunday’s derby at Leoforo between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos, he said: “I don’t think we will see an impressive game in Panathinaikos-Olympiakos. One will try to destroy the other’s game. Olympiacos has been “tearing” in the stadium lately. The two no longer have great differences.”
For a possible meeting between Panathinaikos and PAOK in the semi-finals of the Cup: “At the moment, PAOK is more favorite than Panathinaikos to qualify for the final of the Greek Cup. There are many parameters, such as injuries.”
For Mladenovic’s chance: “On Mladenovic’s chance in the 85th minute, Kotarski made a great save. That’s why I didn’t say “what Mladenovic lost”, but “what Kotarski got”, that’s what I spontaneously said. Mladenovic is not a center forward.”
For the players who stood out from the Toumba match and for the tactics of the two coaches: “For a long time, Tyson and Despodov have been representatives of the football played by PAOK. Panathinaikos played naively. I guess, in the first half, Lucescu wanted to see how the match would go, because he doesn’t know Terim either. If readable. I think he wanted to watch the game a bit. Terim was naive to Lucescu. As long as PAOK had the ball, they were not that dangerous. The naivety was that Panathinaikos felt that they “own” the game and raised their lines high. But this is what PAOK wanted.
PAOK comes forward with a plan, AEK not so much, they need more opportunities. I wanted to see PAOK in the derby. Despontoff and Tyson are amazing this year. In the second half I think Lucescu gave a pitch. On the other hand, he was helped by the movements of Terim, who seemed to continue not to understand that there will be a problem if he gives space to PAOK.
There must also be a balance. He makes three changes against a team that has done well in defense. He was in a hurry to make three changes and return Arao to the defense. He took the ball at his feet, as he wanted. PAOK retreated a few meters and started to become dangerous.
Panathinaikos have their two chances at the end. PAOK accepts opportunities and could pay for it. He didn’t score a third goal, Mladenovic could have gone in and Panathinaikos would have “stolen” the point. It wasn’t helped by the changes and coaching. I like Arao as a stopper, but in the first half he did a better job.”
On Geremegev, Vagiannidis and the injuries: Geremegev can’t play Ioannidis’ game, but I can’t judge him. There are many injuries and all these Terim surprises, at some point they will not catch on. If you had asked me beforehand, I would have said Lodingin in the end. Kotsiras is doing fine as a defensive midfielder, we just have to think about what burdens Vagiannidis takes who plays all the time. Vaiannidis will break at some point. There are multiple problems. I’ve seen the injuries since Terim came. I see more pressure from Panathinaikos, so he has also changed the training.
About Bakaseta and his first goal with Panathinaikos: “For Bakaseta, I have to say that his adaptation to Panathinaikos is impressive. It is as if he has been playing for a long time in the team. He won the penalty, the penalty and had another good chance. He was the player with the highest percentage of passes. He also made the shot in the first half. To expect more from Bakaseta, the rest of the team will have to help him which worries me.
On the penalty kick I’m not sure he was marking there. But it was too strong to execute. It reached 117 kilometers! If he shot from 20 meters, the power might have increased even more. Kotarski couldn’t catch up and stayed in the center.”
Source: Sport Fm
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