Konstantinidis: “Murg and Tyson are important for our game and we want them next year as well”

THE PAOK is tested tomorrow (20:30) in Peristeri against Atromitos for the 21st matchday of the Stoiximan Super League, with the sole aim of winning to keep them at the top of the standings.

Razvan Lucescu’s direct assistant, Pantelis Konstantinidis, was hosted at Nova and talked both about tomorrow’s game, and about the difficult program that follows for the “double-header of the north”, while he did not fail to stop at renewals of Murg and Tyson.

The statements of Pantelis Konstantinidis in detail:



For the benefit of the new victory over Panseraikos: “We want to see the matches separately, for us and the victory against Panserraikos was important even though we had won by a wide margin in the first match. We want to have all the players in good shape because we will need them all. We have a difficult schedule ahead of us with a lot of matches. We want them all at full readiness.”

For Ricardo who became PAOK’s 21st scorer this year: “We have a lot of players who score and we are satisfied. It is very difficult for the opponent to predict who will score. We are also happy for Ricardo for the goal to say the least. What counts is that he came in and gave us satisfaction with his performance.”

For Oto and Samata situation: “Both are very good players, we count on them a lot and they will be important for the future. Otto is a very strong kid, he has speed and performances from big leagues and huge experience, he will be very useful for our team.”



For Tyson-Murgh renewals: “It is very important, they are very important for our game and we want them here next year as well. Tyson with the experience and the performances he has in football can help the young guys and give them a vision, beyond what he gives on the playing field, he is also important outside of it. Regarding Murg’s image change, what I have to say is that I attribute it to him understanding what the coach wants. That’s why the coach wants to spend time with the players. For us it is not a surprise that he plays like this, he knows what we want, he also has the element to play between the lines, He has caught what the coach wants to do”.

To select the European list: “It is always difficult to make such decisions, the choices are made with the aim of giving us the possibility to use them in other positions as well. We talk to all the children every day, we explain to them. “It’s off the list” sounds kind of bad. We are in a period where we are halfway through the Championship, we are going towards the end, there are a lot of difficult matches coming up in the playoffs, so these guys should be ready for the Championship”.

For the match with Atromitos: “The matches are not only difficult for PAOK, they are for everyone. Atromitos is a very good and competitive team, always fighting, never stopping. We are very good, to be ready mentally and to play our game to win the match”.