Lucescu: “Qualification counts, details make the difference”

Razvan Lucescu emphasized that PAOK secured the worst place in the Conference League group, focused on the “building” of the team ahead of the matches with Malmö and emphasized that his players are gradually finding their readiness, he considers his decision to compete in both match with Banja Luka the players who were most competitively ready and emphasized that he will try to integrate the three new transfer acquisitions into the team as quickly as possible.

Analytically: “In this qualifying phase the only thing that matters is qualifying. All the details make the difference in this series of matches. This series of games has shown us that we have a different mentality from one game of one week to the next.

The most important thing is that we secured our presence in the group of a European competition. I am pleased with our presence. We showed that there is a confidence from one week to the next.”

Next week you play Malmö, do you want an even better game pace for your team?

“We have time for next week’s match. I have no right to think about the match next week. We have several players from last season. We are “building” the team again. Some have not participated since the beginning of the effort. It is clear that those who played in this game had a very good mentality to try to claim every ball.

It is important that everyone is at the best level of readiness and this will be seen from day to day. “Building” is about details and fundamentals. The important thing is that everyone who played is in a great mood. Until the next game, we will see what state our opponent is in.”

Did the fittest play in this match? Would you make the same decision if the opponent was more difficult?

“Yes, I would do the same. I would certainly trust those who prepared well from the start. It’s a matter of determination, of proper management, there’s a lot to make decisions about. There are players with two weeks of preparation, others less. Everyone is a player, those who have played, who have worked. We can see how ready they were.

We understand it more. These are the decisions. I never said there is an easy or hard game. We had in front of us a champion team from this country”.

Tisundali has already been announced, Soretire has arrived, Chalov has arrived, will you prepare them for the Malmo games?

“He will definitely be in our preparation, in the daily training sessions. Tisundali started yesterday. I haven’t seen the young man yet, I want to understand his condition. The same applies to Chalov coming to the team. From there, I want to see them in person and we will try to find the best way to integrate them into the team.”