Jakirovic: “PAOK played at a high level”

Sergey Jakirovic emphasized that PAOK defended well in both matches against Dinamo Zagreb, played at a very high level and pressured them, since they were not good in the static phases and lost possession, he cannot know if his players were affected by the atmosphere created by the PAOK fans, he spoke about the changes he made in the second half and how he will manage such a result and how it is a success that they reached the “16”.

Analytically: “We didn’t ask for the ball, I have the feeling, as much as we should have. PAOK played at a very high level from the start of the game, they defended well in Zagreb and here they did the same, even though we had to deal with the pressure of PAOK we did well at times, but we had problems with the static phases and possession of the ball. I don’t know if they were affected by the atmosphere, we have to ask the players. Unfortunately, we helped PAOK to qualify.

We had to change a lot of things in the second half. In the 48th minute we scored a goal, it was in a good spot, we wanted to take advantage of the opportunities, but the opposing goalkeeper did a great job. Every defeat is difficult, every game you feel bad, it is not strange that the players feel disappointed. On the other hand, we should be proud that we got this far.”