Coach Shamrock: “PAOK is the favourite, they are a bigger and better team”

PAOK welcomes in Tuba the champion of Ireland Shamrock Rovers in the first match of the two teams against the background of qualifying for the groups of the second European interclub competition (20:30, NovaSports Prime, sport-fm.gr, News Bulletin 247.

The coach of the guests, Stephen Bradleyspoke at the press conference ahead of the match and called the “double-header of the north” a favorite, but emphasized that his team has the potential to qualify.

In detail what he said:

“We know that PAOK is a great team, with good quality players. In recent years we have played against many big teams at European level, it is nothing new for us. Our goal is to do our best to go to the second leg at home…

In tomorrow’s match (22/8), the favorite is PAOK. It’s a better, bigger team. We gladly accept this challenge. But at the end of the day, qualification will be played on the field in two matches.”

For the first meeting in Toumba:

“We’ve heard a lot about the hot Tuba, if it’s like 20,000 in the stadium, it’s going to sound like 40,000. We can’t wait to experience this atmosphere. We have not spoken to anyone from PAOK. We know that he has many dangerous players in attack, but also in defense, for example the player who was sold (s.s. Koulierakis)”.

For Shamrock’s goals:

“The league is coming to an end in Ireland, we still have our chance there. Tomorrow is a match against a very good team, I believe we can qualify for the Europa League groups. We have worked hard for this.”

Lee Grace, Shamrock centre-back, represented the players and said:

“We know it will be a difficult game. PAOK is a very big team, we want the best possible to transfer the qualification to our home. It is not the first time that we will face an aggressive team. We want to play our game.”