Lucescu: “Huge disappointment and great pride – Let’s regroup, it’s difficult to continue”

Razvan felt a… happiness Lucescu after his incredible disqualification PAOK by Panathinaikos in penalty shootout with 6-5 at Leoforo.

With the Romanian technician of the “bi-head of the North” declaring proud for the effort of his football players and dissatisfied from the final result.

At the same time, speaking at the press conference after the match, Lucescu gave… slogan of reconstruction for the continuation from PAOK’s side.

“What can I say, for me it is a huge disappointment, on the other hand also a source of pride. It is also an injustice because of the appearance we made. We are in a difficult period, we wanted to come back and the attendance was very positive, we played well, dominated and showed character. The whole process in the cup is also complicated with the quality of some teams. Baba’s injury also affected us, because we fell psychologically while Panathinaikos had a positive energy at that time“, the 55-year-old coach of PAOK initially said.

He added: “It was unfair the result in normal time, we dominated, based on the chances we deserved a second goal. However, this is the Cup, we were also prepared for extra time and then what happened happened. We have to regroup for the future, we are proud after such a difficult period. Now it’s going to be difficult, Europe is also coming in”.