PAOK completed their first two friendlies in the Netherlands, winning 2-1 AEK Larnaca and knowing the 1-0 defeat by Hibernian.
After the second match, Razvan Lucescu he made a small assessment, stressing that he is generally satisfied with the image of his team and the opportunities he created, despite the absence of important players.
In detail what he said to NOVA:
“A preparation game, I am satisfied from the first part that we had many phases and showed elements. In the second half we made a lot of changes and the pace dropped, in general I am satisfied with our image. We created many chances in both matches that came from work and not by chance.
We certainly don’t have the necessary freshness to make some faster decisions but it makes sense for where we are. After all, we are waiting for both Andria and Constantelia, while from tomorrow I hope that Kenziora will be here as well. Overall, I’m satisfied with the overall picture of this week in the Netherlands.”
Then, at the press conference, he said:
“Sometimes it’s good not to win, because then you all exaggerate. Let’s keep our feet down, especially you. Sometimes we have to release the pressure we have inside and that’s what happens with a defeat like this.
Speaking seriously, I really liked the first half, we created chances and through pressing we won the ball. We accepted a goal as we accepted it, at the moment we don’t have the necessary freshness to make decisions. In the second part many new players played there was a big difference compared to the first part. We are satisfied, especially from the first part, with the organization we tried to have.
We should improve some things. All the opportunities came from organized efforts, this has been worked on, the opponent did not give us gifts. We have it as a continuation from last season, it’s something important for us, that’s why I said I was satisfied from the first half.”
For the goal in the second week of the preparation:
“Going from game to game we will continue to be focused on what we have to do, some players are more familiar, at the end we will have two friendlies one 60 and 60 minutes and one 90 minutes, I want to mix it up, have different players work together because we will find it during the season, we will continue to work for the first official match of the season.
We’re waiting for Delia, we’re waiting for Kenziora, I don’t know if it’s official yet, but I hope, Andria is on vacation, step by step we’re going. And it’s normal for there to be a difference between five or six players compared to the others.”
Source: Sport Fm
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