Nikos Alavandas criticized Razvan Loucheskou for the…belly made by PAOK, who, among the things he said to the Thessaloniki media, said that what PAOK cites as complaints from the arbitration are excuses.
“How good should we be when within three days we were eliminated from Europe and lost to Olympiakos? In the last 15 days, Živkovic and Despodov cannot have forgotten about football. Suddenly you see a belly, maybe it’s the coach’s fault too. The team has lost its cohesion. We used to say he was a ‘machine gun’ and now he can’t score” he said first and continued:
“When you are disqualified and lose the opportunity to go to the “4”, the psychology goes to hell. But you play with Olympiakos who have played in Turkey for 120 minutes and you don’t do one phase in 90 minutes. You can’t say you’re going for a championship. The team that had won 2-4 in “G. Karaiskakis” has nothing to do with yesterday’s. Beyond that, the excuses that the referee “slaughtered” us do not stand”.
The veteran ace of PAOK, in fact, continued and underlined that the team should have been strengthened in January.
“It was a mistake not to step up. When you play in Europe and you even claim the presence in the final, you have to strengthen your team because there would be “fire” games. These matches put a strain on the players. It made sense to become a belly.
The team suffers in the speed of the center, it has a big problem. It showed in the game against Brugge. Murg, Meite and Swamp are too slow and you can’t push. Brugge gave us two chances at the start and then Lucescu didn’t turn the team back any further. They broke our pressing and left like “bullets”.
We really miss the forward, a Prijovic style. This does not mean that the group should do this belly. We were claiming three titles. He lost the cup semi-final to Lucescu from the rotation in the first leg. Then he got kicked out of Europe and I think he’s now left behind in the title fight as well.
He has the Toumba derbies, but tell me which derby did he easily win in Toumba? Away derbies suit PAOK better. If we play like yesterday (21/4) we will not be able to beat AEK and Olympiakos in Toumba. This is what I see”.
Finally he added:
“At the moment Lucescu has given unjustified opportunities to players like Samata. Is Jimas worse than Samata? Why not trust a little one and later make money too. Why doesn’t he promote him?’
Source: Sport Fm
I am currently a news writer for News Bulletin247 where I mostly cover sports news. I have always been interested in writing and it is something I am very passionate about. In my spare time, I enjoy reading and spending time with my family and friends.
